diff --git a/cli/npm/.gitignore b/cli/npm/.gitignore
index 942b33a1..65e04cff 100644
--- a/cli/npm/.gitignore
+++ b/cli/npm/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ tree-sitter.exe
 *.gz
 *.tgz
 LICENSE
+README.md
diff --git a/cli/npm/package.json b/cli/npm/package.json
index 44d1327f..e60c3936 100644
--- a/cli/npm/package.json
+++ b/cli/npm/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
   "main": "lib/api/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "install": "node install.js",
-    "prepack": "cp ../../LICENSE ."
+    "prepack": "cp ../../LICENSE ../README.md .",
+    "postpack": "rm LICENSE README.md"
   },
   "bin": {
     "tree-sitter": "cli.js"