diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2d88144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+**/node_modules
+**/temp-*
+**/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+.parcel-cache
+**/exe/
+**/log
+**/exe
+**/cache
+**/.cache
+**/coverage
+**/.turbo
+**/assets
+**/build
+**/__tests__
+**/dev/cpp_vcpkg_project
+**/packages/*/dist/
+**/*.tgz
+**/.eslintrc.json
+**/jest.config.mjs
+.vscode/
+.github/
+biome.jsonc
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b8609ca8..a7e89284 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@
   "bin": {
     "setup-cpp": "dist/legacy/setup-cpp.js"
   },
-  "files": [
-    "action.yml",
-    ".dockerignore",
-    "dist",
-    "src",
-    "packages",
-    "dev/docker",
-    "README.md",
-    "LICENSE.txt",
-    "LICENSE.dependencies.txt",
-    "package.json",
-    "package-version.json",
-    "tsconfig.json"
-  ],
   "scripts": {
     "build": "turbo build && run-p build.types.modern lint.root.tsc build.cli.modern build.cli.legacy build.library && run-p build.json build.bash",
     "build.cli.modern": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production vite build --mode cli-modern",