diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 61e9f7019a..e6f44c7d09 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "codecov": "codecov",
     "precodecov": "npm run coverage",
     "build": "rollup -c && npm run tsd",
-    "prepare": "PUBLISH=true npm run build",
+    "prepare": "npm run build",
     "dev": "rollup -cw",
     "pretest": "npm run build",
     "posttest": "agadoo internal/index.mjs",