diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index eeb5b3ce3..b50ca4221 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
+/docs/
 !/docs_html/
+/plugins/*
+!/plugins/flot-old/
+/.github/
+/.lgtm.yml
diff --git a/docs/.npmignore b/docs/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 72e8ffc0d..000000000
--- a/docs/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*
diff --git a/plugins/.npmignore b/plugins/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a4a45f81e..000000000
--- a/plugins/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-*
-!/plugins/flot-old/