diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6955a334148..00000000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-*
-!ext/**/*
-!packages/*/lib/**/*
-!packages/*/src/**/*
-!packages/*/index.js
-!scripts/preinstall.js
-!vendor/**/*
-!LICENSE
-!LICENSE-3rdparty.csv
-!README.md
-!index.d.ts
-!index.js
-!esbuild.js
-!init.js
-!initialize.mjs
-!loader-hook.mjs
-!register.js
-!package.json
-!cypress/**/*
-!ci/**/*
-!version.js
diff --git a/esbuild.js b/esbuild.js
index 5c80493515a..424ba5cb908 100644
--- a/esbuild.js
+++ b/esbuild.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 'use strict'
 
-// TODO: It shouldn't be necessary to disable n/no-unpublished-require - Research
-// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-unpublished-require
 module.exports = require('./packages/datadog-esbuild/index.js')
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ed48ff2fea5..a8c61274ad8 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 'use strict'
 
-// TODO: It shouldn't be necessary to disable n/no-unpublished-require - Research
-// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-unpublished-require
 module.exports = require('./packages/dd-trace')
diff --git a/init.js b/init.js
index 63fa9ba96be..625d493b3b1 100644
--- a/init.js
+++ b/init.js
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 /* eslint-disable no-var */
 
-// TODO: It shouldn't be necessary to disable n/no-unpublished-require - Research
-// eslint-disable-next-line n/no-unpublished-require
 var guard = require('./packages/dd-trace/src/guardrails')
 
 module.exports = guard(function () {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 42e4018e2ae..57e0c1df4b1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -80,6 +80,24 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=18"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "ci/**/*",
+    "cypress/**/*",
+    "esbuild.js",
+    "ext/**/*",
+    "index.d.ts",
+    "init.js",
+    "initialize.mjs",
+    "LICENSE-3rdparty.csv",
+    "loader-hook.mjs",
+    "packages/*/index.js",
+    "packages/*/lib/**/*",
+    "packages/*/src/**/*",
+    "register.js",
+    "scripts/preinstall.js",
+    "vendor/**/*",
+    "version.js"
+  ],
   "dependencies": {
     "@datadog/libdatadog": "^0.4.0",
     "@datadog/native-appsec": "8.4.0",