diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e3ded83..00000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# Logs
-logs
-*.log
-
-# Runtime data
-pids
-*.pid
-*.seed
-
-# Directory for instrumented libs generated by jscoverage/JSCover
-lib-cov
-
-# Coverage directory used by tools like istanbul
-coverage
-
-# Grunt intermediate storage (http://gruntjs.com/creating-plugins#storing-task-files)
-.grunt
-
-# node-waf configuration
-.lock-wscript
-
-# Compiled binary addons (http://nodejs.org/api/addons.html)
-build/Release
-
-# Dependency directory
-# https://www.npmjs.org/doc/misc/npm-faq.html#should-i-check-my-node_modules-folder-into-git
-node_modules
-
-# Emacs
-*~
-
-# WebStorm/IntelliJ
-.idea
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cc2ff211..ba604223 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/ParsePlatform/parse-server"
   },
+  "files": [
+    "bin/",
+    "lib/",
+    "LICENSE",
+    "PATENTS",
+    "README.md"
+  ],
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
   "dependencies": {
     "apn": "^1.7.5",