diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-onions-smile.md b/.changeset/twelve-onions-smile.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b6b9533f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-onions-smile.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"myst-cli": patch
+---
+
+Remove hidden output nodes from PDF exports
diff --git a/packages/myst-cli/src/transforms/outputs.ts b/packages/myst-cli/src/transforms/outputs.ts
index a632a6797..7046450e7 100644
--- a/packages/myst-cli/src/transforms/outputs.ts
+++ b/packages/myst-cli/src/transforms/outputs.ts
@@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ export function reduceOutputs(
   const outputs = selectAll('output', mdast) as GenericNode[];
   const cache = castSession(session);
   outputs.forEach((node) => {
+    if (node.visibility === 'remove' || node.visibility === 'hide') {
+      // Hidden nodes should not show up in simplified outputs for static export
+      node.type = '__delete__';
+      return;
+    }
     if (!node.data?.length && !node.children?.length) {
       node.type = '__delete__';
       return;