diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f82902d..00000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-!dist
-.github
-docs
-resources
-tasks
-test/*
-!test/util
-!test/helper
-!test/matchers
-.eslintignore
-.eslintrc
-rollup.config.js
-coverage
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 345a8952..949bab48 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,15 @@
   "version": "8.5.0",
   "description": "A bpmn 2.0 toolkit and web modeler",
   "main": "index.js",
+  "files": [
+    ".babelrc",
+    "dist",
+    "lib",
+    "test/util",
+    "test/helper",
+    "test/matchers",
+    "!.eslintrc"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "all": "run-s lint test distro test:distro",
     "lint": "eslint .",