diff --git a/codex-cli/package.json b/codex-cli/package.json
index 5fbac8300b..9e1c81bdc0 100644
--- a/codex-cli/package.json
+++ b/codex-cli/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "node": ">=16"
   },
   "files": [
-    "bin",
+    "bin/codex.js",
     "vendor"
   ],
   "repository": {
diff --git a/codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py b/codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py
index 5d4bc99c4e..261b9e0b61 100755
--- a/codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py
+++ b/codex-cli/scripts/build_npm_package.py
@@ -255,9 +255,6 @@ def stage_sources(staging_dir: Path, version: str, package: str) -> None:
         bin_dir = staging_dir / "bin"
         bin_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         shutil.copy2(CODEX_CLI_ROOT / "bin" / "codex.js", bin_dir / "codex.js")
-        rg_manifest = CODEX_CLI_ROOT / "bin" / "rg"
-        if rg_manifest.exists():
-            shutil.copy2(rg_manifest, bin_dir / "rg")
 
         readme_src = REPO_ROOT / "README.md"
         if readme_src.exists():
@@ -316,7 +313,7 @@ def stage_sources(staging_dir: Path, version: str, package: str) -> None:
         package_json["version"] = version
 
     if package == "codex":
-        package_json["files"] = ["bin"]
+        package_json["files"] = ["bin/codex.js"]
         package_json["optionalDependencies"] = {
             CODEX_PLATFORM_PACKAGES[platform_package]["npm_name"]: (
                 f"npm:{CODEX_NPM_NAME}@"
diff --git a/codex-cli/scripts/test_build_npm_package.py b/codex-cli/scripts/test_build_npm_package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21afca8fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex-cli/scripts/test_build_npm_package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import importlib.util
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+import tempfile
+import unittest
+
+
+BUILD_SCRIPT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "build_npm_package.py"
+SPEC = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("codex_build_npm_package", BUILD_SCRIPT)
+if SPEC is None or SPEC.loader is None:
+    raise RuntimeError(f"Unable to load module from {BUILD_SCRIPT}")
+
+build_npm_package = importlib.util.module_from_spec(SPEC)
+SPEC.loader.exec_module(build_npm_package)
+
+
+class StageSourcesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_codex_meta_package_omits_ripgrep_manifest(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temp_dir:
+            staging_dir = Path(temp_dir)
+
+            build_npm_package.stage_sources(staging_dir, "0.1.0", "codex")
+
+            with open(staging_dir / "package.json", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+                package_json = json.load(fh)
+
+            self.assertTrue((staging_dir / "bin" / "codex.js").is_file())
+            self.assertFalse((staging_dir / "bin" / "rg").exists())
+            self.assertEqual(package_json["files"], ["bin/codex.js"])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()