diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 74e353907839..1e3d1694f417 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ccxt.egg-info/
+build/*
 !build/transpile.js
 !build/fs.js
-build/
 examples/
 node_modules/
 python/