diff --git a/lib/binding_web/.npmignore b/lib/binding_web/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f110063a..00000000
--- a/lib/binding_web/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-*
-!README.md
-!tree-sitter.js
-!tree-sitter.wasm
-!tree-sitter-web.d.ts
diff --git a/lib/binding_web/package.json b/lib/binding_web/package.json
index c275c70d..37a4b1ee 100644
--- a/lib/binding_web/package.json
+++ b/lib/binding_web/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
   "directories": {
     "test": "test"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "README.md",
+    "tree-sitter.js",
+    "tree-sitter.wasm",
+    "tree-sitter-web.d.ts"
+  ],
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha",
     "prepack": "cp ../../LICENSE .",