diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_canary.yml b/.github/workflows/release_canary.yml
index b5d13187..dd763e09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_canary.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_canary.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ on:
       - 'docs/**'
       - 'lib/**'
       - 'script/**'
-      - 'static/**'
       - 'next.config.js'
       - 'now.json'
 
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 3e45a2bf..52a23def 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -12,5 +12,4 @@ pages/
 script/
 # we ignore this because everything in src/ is copied out in script/prepublish
 src/
-static/
 tests/