diff --git a/docs/user/lib_mapper/ntctemplates_reverse.md b/docs/user/lib_mapper/ntctemplates_reverse.md
index 5ede6480..ebff60fe 100644
--- a/docs/user/lib_mapper/ntctemplates_reverse.md
+++ b/docs/user/lib_mapper/ntctemplates_reverse.md
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 | ciena_saos | → | ciena_saos |
 | cisco_asa | → | cisco_asa |
 | cisco_ftd | → | cisco_ftd |
-| cisco_ios | → | cisco_xe |
+| cisco_ios | → | cisco_ios |
 | cisco_nxos | → | cisco_nxos |
 | cisco_s300 | → | cisco_s300 |
 | cisco_tp | → | cisco_tp |
diff --git a/netutils/lib_mapper.py b/netutils/lib_mapper.py
index 6e01e091..8e9d0900 100644
--- a/netutils/lib_mapper.py
+++ b/netutils/lib_mapper.py
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 # ntc templates is primarily based on netmiko, so a copy is in order
 _NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER = copy.deepcopy(NETMIKO_LIB_MAPPER)
 _NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER["aruba_aoscx"] = "aruba_aoscx"
-_NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER["cisco_xe"] = "cisco_ios"
+_NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER["cisco_xe"] = "cisco_ios"  # no reverse
 _NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER["huawei_vrp"] = "huawei_vrp"
 _NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER["vmware_nsxv"] = "vmware_nsxv"
 _NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER["watchguard_firebox"] = "watchguard_firebox"
@@ -271,7 +271,9 @@
 }
 # Normalized | NTCTemplates
 NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER_REVERSE: t.Dict[str, str] = {
-    value: key for key, value in NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER.items() if key not in ["f5_ltm", "f5_tmsh", "f5_linux"]
+    value: key
+    for key, value in NTCTEMPLATES_LIB_MAPPER.items()
+    if key not in ["f5_ltm", "f5_tmsh", "f5_linux", "cisco_xe"]
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_lib_mapper.py b/tests/unit/test_lib_mapper.py
index a3fac35a..8929220c 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_lib_mapper.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_lib_mapper.py
@@ -48,10 +48,15 @@ def test_lib_mapper_reverse(lib):
     _mapper = getattr(lib_mapper, f"{lib}_LIB_MAPPER").copy()
     if lib == "NAPALM":
         _mapper.pop("nxos_ssh")
-    if lib in ["NETMIKO", "NTCTEMPLATES"]:
+    if lib == "NETMIKO":
         _mapper.pop("f5_ltm")
         _mapper.pop("f5_tmsh")
         _mapper.pop("f5_linux")
+    if lib == "NTCTEMPLATES":
+        _mapper.pop("f5_ltm")
+        _mapper.pop("f5_tmsh")
+        _mapper.pop("f5_linux")
+        _mapper.pop("cisco_xe")
     if lib in [
         "AERLEON",
         "ANSIBLE",