diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 2348cdb0..4965dbea 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ module.exports = tseslint.config(
   eslintConfigPrettier,
   {
     ignores: [
+      "esbuild.js",
       "out/",
       "src/protos/protos.js",
       "src/protos/protos.d.ts",
-      "esbuild.js",
     ],
   },
   {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4f9aa98d..fbb5205c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         "onCommand:bazel.info.output_path",
         "onCommand:bazel.info.workspace"
     ],
-    "main": "./dist/extension.js",
+    "main": "./extension.js",
     "contributes": {
         "breakpoints": [
             {
@@ -465,9 +465,8 @@
         "format-check": "prettier --check .",
         "format-fix": "prettier --write .",
         "test": "./scripts/test.sh",
-        "package": "vsce package",
+        "package": "./scripts/package.sh",
         "update-snapshot": "./scripts/test.sh -u",
-        "vscode:prepublish": "./scripts/build.sh && node esbuild.js",
         "watch": "./scripts/build.sh -watch"
     },
     "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index b803fe5a..70341ffc 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@ fi
 # Convert yaml language definition to json form requred by vscode.
 js-yaml syntaxes/bazelrc.tmLanguage.yaml > syntaxes/bazelrc.tmLanguage.json
 
-# Compile the rest of the project.
+# Compile the rest of the project for non-release development flow.
 tsc "$@" -p ./
diff --git a/scripts/package.sh b/scripts/package.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..84a80809
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2018 The Bazel Authors. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -eu
+
+# Move into the top-level directory of the project.
+cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." > /dev/null
+
+./scripts/build.sh
+
+# Prepare dist/ content besides the entry js.
+mkdir -p dist
+cp ./package.json ./dist/package.json
+cp ./LICENSE ./dist/LICENSE
+cp ./README.md ./dist/README.md
+cp -r ./icons ./dist/icons
+cp -r ./media ./dist/media
+cp -r ./syntaxes ./dist/syntaxes
+
+node esbuild.js --production
+
+cd dist
+vsce package --no-dependencies -o ..
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index dc937994..d7cd7024 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
         "node_modules",
         "out",
         "eslint.config.js",
-        "esbuild.js",
+        "scripts",
     ]
 }