diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index d84e99b35..413d154c1 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ scripts/scratch*
 test/integration/yaml_suite/log
 .aws-config.json
 .idea
+.esvm
 
 ## generated files
 test/integration/yaml_suite/yaml_tests*.json