diff --git a/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go b/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go
index fc68a5dd4..421e5c7ab 100644
--- a/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go
+++ b/cmd/collectors/rest/templating.go
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ func (r *Rest) InitCache() error {
 		r.Prop.Object = strings.ToLower(r.Object)
 	}
 
+	if shouldIgnore := r.Params.GetChildContentS("ignore"); shouldIgnore == "true" {
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	if e := r.Params.GetChildS("export_options"); e != nil {
 		r.Matrix[r.Object].SetExportOptions(e)
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/poller/poller.go b/cmd/poller/poller.go
index 05cd6151f..87f38ba67 100644
--- a/cmd/poller/poller.go
+++ b/cmd/poller/poller.go
@@ -822,6 +822,10 @@ func (p *Poller) loadCollectorObject(ocs []objectCollector) error {
 				)
 			}
 		} else {
+			if shouldIgnore := col.GetParams().GetChildContentS("ignore"); shouldIgnore == "true" {
+				logger.Debug("ignoring collector", slog.String("collector", oc.class), slog.String("object", oc.object))
+				continue
+			}
 			collectors = append(collectors, col)
 			logger.Debug(
 				"initialized collector-object",
diff --git a/cmd/tools/template/template.go b/cmd/tools/template/template.go
index c616c5f82..93982ff5b 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/template/template.go
+++ b/cmd/tools/template/template.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type Model struct {
 	Name          string      `yaml:"name"`
 	Query         string      `yaml:"query"`
 	Object        string      `yaml:"object"`
+	Ignore        string      `yaml:"ignore"`
 	ExportData    string      `yaml:"export_data"`
 	Endpoints     []*Endpoint `yaml:"endpoints"`
 	ExportOptions struct {
@@ -80,6 +81,15 @@ func unmarshalModel(data []byte) (Model, error) {
 		return tm, errs.New(errs.ErrConfig, "template file is empty or does not exist")
 	}
 	contentNode := root.Content[0]
+	ignoreNode := searchNode(contentNode, "ignore")
+	if ignoreNode != nil && ignoreNode.Value == "true" {
+		tm.Ignore = ignoreNode.Value
+		nameNode := searchNode(contentNode, "name")
+		if nameNode != nil {
+			tm.Name = nameNode.Value
+		}
+		return tm, nil
+	}
 	err = readNameQueryObject(&tm, contentNode)
 	if err != nil {
 		return tm, err
diff --git a/cmd/tools/template/template_test.go b/cmd/tools/template/template_test.go
index abc861dff..e723d8f9b 100644
--- a/cmd/tools/template/template_test.go
+++ b/cmd/tools/template/template_test.go
@@ -372,6 +372,9 @@ func (m Metric) pathString() string {
 
 func TestQueryPrefix(t *testing.T) {
 	visitTemplates(t, func(path string, model Model) {
+		if model.Ignore == "true" {
+			return
+		}
 		if !strings.HasPrefix(model.Query, "api/") {
 			t.Errorf("query should be prefixed with api/, got=%s path=[%s]", model.Query, shortPath(path))
 		}
diff --git a/conf/rest/9.6.0/aggr_efficiency.yaml b/conf/rest/9.6.0/aggr_efficiency.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d23f473d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/rest/9.6.0/aggr_efficiency.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: AggregateEfficiency
+# This template exists to prevent double exporting of aggregate efficiency metrics when
+# using both the Rest and Zapi collectors, in that order.
+# The Zapi collector exports aggregate efficiency objects via the AggregateEfficiency template
+# while the REST collector exports them via the Aggregate template. That means the normal object/collector dedup logic
+# won't handle these metrics.
+ignore:  true
diff --git a/conf/rest/default.yaml b/conf/rest/default.yaml
index 6e1791c48..258357c71 100644
--- a/conf/rest/default.yaml
+++ b/conf/rest/default.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ schedule:
 
 objects:
   Aggregate:                   aggr.yaml
+  AggregateEfficiency:         aggr_efficiency.yaml
 # The CIFSSession template may slow down data collection due to a high number of metrics.
 #  CIFSSession:                 cifs_session.yaml
 #  CIFSShare:                    cifs_share.yaml