diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b0d89b67e..000000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-.settings
-.jshintignore
-.jshintrc
-.project
-.tern-project
-.travis.yml
-.git
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/.npmignore b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/.npmignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85de9cf93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/.npmignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+src