diff --git a/layouts/_default/single.html b/layouts/_default/single.html
index 02965f91c..88a859c3b 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/single.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -22,14 +22,7 @@
           <li><a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{ .LinkTitle | humanize }}</a></li>
           {{ end }}
       </ul>
-      {{ if (and $.Site.Data.config.enableToc (ne .Params.enableToc false)) }}
-      <aside class="mainTOC">
-          <details {{ if $.Site.Data.config.openToc }}open {{ end }}>
-            <summary>Table of Contents</summary>
-            {{ .TableOfContents }}
-          </details>
-      </aside>
-      {{end}}
+      {{partial "toc.html" .}} 
       {{partial "textprocessing.html" . }}
     </article>
     {{partial "footer.html" .}}
diff --git a/layouts/index.html b/layouts/index.html
index 466a05a39..ee33d7cc8 100644
--- a/layouts/index.html
+++ b/layouts/index.html
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@
         {{partial "darkmode.html" .}}
     </header>
     <article>
-        {{ if (and $.Site.Data.config.enableToc (ne .Params.enableToc false)) }}
-        <aside class="mainTOC">
-            <details {{ if $.Site.Data.config.openToc }}open {{ end }}>
-                <summary>Table of Contents</summary>
-                {{ .TableOfContents }}
-            </details>
-        </aside>
-        {{end}}
+        {{partial "toc.html" .}} 
         {{partial "textprocessing.html" . }}
     </article>
     {{partial "footer.html" .}}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/toc.html b/layouts/partials/toc.html
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acda23d6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/toc.html
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{{ if (and $.Site.Data.config.enableToc (ne .Params.enableToc false) (gt .WordCount 250)) }}
+<aside class="mainTOC">
+    <details {{ if $.Site.Data.config.openToc }}open {{ end }}>
+        <summary>Table of Contents</summary>
+        {{ .TableOfContents }}
+    </details>
+</aside>
+{{end}}