diff --git a/pkgs/create-neon/data/templates/.npmignore.hbs b/pkgs/create-neon/data/templates/.npmignore.hbs
deleted file mode 100644
index 351128a14..000000000
--- a/pkgs/create-neon/data/templates/.npmignore.hbs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{{#if packageSpec.library}}
-platforms
-{{/if}}
diff --git a/pkgs/create-neon/src/bin/create-neon.ts b/pkgs/create-neon/src/bin/create-neon.ts
index edc1a5d21..bac6db5cd 100644
--- a/pkgs/create-neon/src/bin/create-neon.ts
+++ b/pkgs/create-neon/src/bin/create-neon.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import {
 
 const TEMPLATES: Record<string, string> = {
   ".gitignore.hbs": ".gitignore",
-  ".npmignore.hbs": ".npmignore",
   "Cargo.toml.hbs": "Cargo.toml",
   "README.md.hbs": "README.md",
   "lib.rs.hbs": path.join("src", "lib.rs"),