diff --git a/packages/core/.npmignore b/packages/core/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 90ff8ccac..000000000
--- a/packages/core/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-.vscode/
-api/
-app/
-cache/
-db/
-locales/
-packages/
-src/node_modules/
-static/
-.envrc
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index 1caccdb43..35193dfbb 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -6,9 +6,6 @@
   "version": "0.27.2",
   "description": "Reusable React environment and components for creating visualization engines.",
   "main": "./src/index.js",
-  "files": [
-    "./models.js"
-  ],
   "types": "./types/index.d.ts",
   "bin": {
     "canon-build": "bin/build.js",