diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Convert/ConvertService.swift b/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Convert/ConvertService.swift
index 17bd3603b1..5b07d7bea4 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Convert/ConvertService.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Convert/ConvertService.swift
@@ -184,12 +184,7 @@ public struct ConvertService: DocumentationService {
                     fallbackInfo: request.bundleInfo,
                     additionalSymbolGraphFiles: []
                 ),
-                // We're enabling the inclusion of symbol declaration file paths
-                // in the produced render json here because the render nodes created by
-                // `ConvertService` are intended for local uses of documentation where
-                // this information could be relevant and we don't have the privacy concerns
-                // that come with including this information in public releases of docs.
-                emitSymbolSourceFileURIs: true,
+                emitSymbolSourceFileURIs: request.emitSymbolSourceFileURIs,
                 emitSymbolAccessLevels: true
             )
 
diff --git a/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Models/Services/Convert/ConvertRequest.swift b/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Models/Services/Convert/ConvertRequest.swift
index 962a1500ad..12f4dfa9a4 100644
--- a/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Models/Services/Convert/ConvertRequest.swift
+++ b/Sources/SwiftDocC/DocumentationService/Models/Services/Convert/ConvertRequest.swift
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ public struct ConvertRequest: Codable {
     /// the client to pass a more up-to-date value than is available in the symbol graph.
     public var overridingDocumentationComments: [String: [Line]]? = nil
     
+    /// Whether the conversion's rendered documentation should include source file location metadata.
+    public var emitSymbolSourceFileURIs: Bool
+    
     /// The article and documentation extension file data included in the documentation bundle to convert.
     ///
     /// ## See Also
@@ -166,6 +169,7 @@ public struct ConvertRequest: Codable {
         self.tutorialFiles = []
         self.miscResourceURLs = miscResourceURLs
         self.featureFlags = FeatureFlags()
+        self.emitSymbolSourceFileURIs = true
         
         self.bundleInfo = DocumentationBundle.Info(
             displayName: displayName,
@@ -185,6 +189,7 @@ public struct ConvertRequest: Codable {
     ///   - symbolGraphs: The symbols graph data included in the documentation bundle to convert.
     ///   - overridingDocumentationComments: The mapping of external symbol identifiers to lines of a
     ///   documentation comment that overrides the value in the symbol graph.
+    ///   - emitSymbolSourceFileURIs: Whether the conversion's rendered documentation should include source file location metadata.
     ///   - knownDisambiguatedSymbolPathComponents: The mapping of external symbol identifiers to
     ///   known disambiguated symbol path components.
     ///   - markupFiles: The article and documentation extension file data included in the documentation bundle to convert.
@@ -200,6 +205,7 @@ public struct ConvertRequest: Codable {
         symbolGraphs: [Data],
         overridingDocumentationComments: [String: [Line]]? = nil,
         knownDisambiguatedSymbolPathComponents: [String: [String]]? = nil,
+        emitSymbolSourceFileURIs: Bool = true,
         markupFiles: [Data],
         tutorialFiles: [Data] = [],
         miscResourceURLs: [URL]
@@ -211,6 +217,13 @@ public struct ConvertRequest: Codable {
         self.symbolGraphs = symbolGraphs
         self.overridingDocumentationComments = overridingDocumentationComments
         self.knownDisambiguatedSymbolPathComponents = knownDisambiguatedSymbolPathComponents
+        
+        // The default value for this is `true` to enable the inclusion of symbol declaration file paths
+        // in the produced render json by default.
+        // This default to true, because the render nodes created by `ConvertService` are intended for
+        // local uses of documentation where this information could be relevant and we don't have the
+        // privacy concerns that come with including this information in public releases of docs.
+        self.emitSymbolSourceFileURIs = emitSymbolSourceFileURIs
         self.markupFiles = markupFiles
         self.tutorialFiles = tutorialFiles
         self.miscResourceURLs = miscResourceURLs
diff --git a/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/DocumentationService/ConvertService/ConvertServiceTests.swift b/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/DocumentationService/ConvertService/ConvertServiceTests.swift
index b53a79539b..ccd94400e7 100644
--- a/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/DocumentationService/ConvertService/ConvertServiceTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SwiftDocCTests/DocumentationService/ConvertService/ConvertServiceTests.swift
@@ -193,6 +193,40 @@ class ConvertServiceTests: XCTestCase {
         }
     }
     
+    func testRemoteSourceInformationOptOut() throws {
+        let symbolGraphFile = Bundle.module.url(
+            forResource: "mykit-one-symbol",
+            withExtension: "symbols.json",
+            subdirectory: "Test Resources"
+        )!
+        
+        let symbolGraph = try Data(contentsOf: symbolGraphFile)
+        
+        let request = ConvertRequest(
+            bundleInfo: testBundleInfo,
+            externalIDsToConvert: ["s:5MyKit0A5ClassC10myFunctionyyF"],
+            documentPathsToConvert: [],
+            symbolGraphs: [symbolGraph],
+            emitSymbolSourceFileURIs: false,
+            markupFiles: [],
+            miscResourceURLs: []
+        )
+        
+        try processAndAssert(request: request) { message in
+            XCTAssertEqual(message.type, "convert-response")
+            XCTAssertEqual(message.identifier, "test-identifier-response")
+            
+            let renderNodes = try JSONDecoder().decode(
+                ConvertResponse.self, from: XCTUnwrap(message.payload)).renderNodes
+            
+            XCTAssertEqual(renderNodes.count, 1)
+            let data = try XCTUnwrap(renderNodes.first)
+            let renderNode = try JSONDecoder().decode(RenderNode.self, from: data)
+            
+            XCTAssertNil(renderNode.metadata.remoteSource, "No remote source when 'emitSymbolSourceFileURIs' is 'false'")
+        }
+    }
+    
     func testOverridesDocumentationComments() throws {
         let symbolGraphFile = Bundle.module.url(
             forResource: "mykit-one-symbol",