diff --git a/lib/generator.js b/lib/generator.js
index edb392d6f..c5f16374b 100644
--- a/lib/generator.js
+++ b/lib/generator.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ const {
   exists,
   fetchSpec,
   getInvalidOptions,
-  isReactTemplate
+  isReactTemplate,
+  isJsFile,
 } = require('./utils');
 const { registerFilters } = require('./filtersRegistry');
 const { registerHooks } = require('./hooksRegistry');
@@ -637,6 +638,7 @@ class Generator {
         if (!valid) return log.debug(`${relativeSourceFile} was not generated because condition specified for this file in template configuration in conditionalFiles matched`);
       }
     }
+
     if (this.isNonRenderableFile(relativeSourceFile)) return await copyFile(sourceFile, targetFile);
 
     await this.renderAndWriteToFile(asyncapiDocument, sourceFile, targetFile);
@@ -686,8 +688,11 @@ class Generator {
    * @return {boolean}
    */
   isNonRenderableFile(fileName) {
-    if (!Array.isArray(this.templateConfig.nonRenderableFiles)) return false;
-    return this.templateConfig.nonRenderableFiles.some(globExp => minimatch(fileName, globExp));
+    const nonRenderableFiles = this.templateConfig.nonRenderableFiles || [];
+    if (!Array.isArray(nonRenderableFiles)) return false;
+    if (nonRenderableFiles.some(globExp => minimatch(fileName, globExp))) return true;
+    if (isReactTemplate(this.templateConfig) && !isJsFile(fileName)) return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 5f3de0aca..791dc3062 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ utils.fetchSpec = (link) => {
 };
 
 /**
- *  Checks if given string is URL and if not, we assume it is file path
+ * Checks if given string is URL and if not, we assume it is file path
  * 
- * @param {String} str Information representing file path or url
+ * @param {String} str information representing file path or url
  * @returns {Boolean}
  */
 utils.isFilePath = (str) => {
@@ -121,7 +121,18 @@ utils.isFilePath = (str) => {
 };
 
 /**
- *  Get version of the generator
+ * Checks if given file path is JS file
+ * 
+ * @param {String} filename information representing file path
+ * @returns {Boolean}
+ */
+utils.isJsFile = (filepath) => {
+  const ext = filepath.split('.').pop() || '';
+  return ['js', 'jsx', 'cjs'].includes(ext);
+};
+
+/**
+ * Get version of the generator
  * 
  * @returns {String}
  */