diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ad4c0a5a1be2..67b787c8d401 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1937,6 +1937,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "enso-build",
  "enso-build-base",
  "enso-formatter",
+ "ensogl-pack",
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "glob",
diff --git a/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts b/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts
index 58762fe78f19..aaaefe4b9de1 100644
--- a/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts
+++ b/app/ide-desktop/lib/types/modules.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  *
  * This file MUST NOT `export {}` for the modules to be visible to other files. */
 
+// Required because this is a build artifact and so would not otherwise work on a clean repository.
 declare module '*/build.json' {
     interface BuildInfo {
         commit: string
@@ -14,11 +15,6 @@ declare module '*/build.json' {
     export default BUILD_INFO
 }
 
-declare module '*/ensogl-pack/linked-dist' {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
-    export * from '../../../../lib/rust/ensogl/pack/js/src/runner/index'
-}
-
 declare module '*/gui/config.yaml' {
     interface Config {
         windowAppScopeName: string
diff --git a/build/cli/Cargo.toml b/build/cli/Cargo.toml
index 8e0c4025ed34..27e4167e3062 100644
--- a/build/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/build/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ derivative = { workspace = true }
 enso-build-base = { path = "../base" }
 enso-build = { path = "../build" }
 enso-formatter = { path = "../enso-formatter" }
+ensogl-pack = { path = "../../lib/rust/ensogl/pack" }
 futures = { workspace = true }
 futures-util = "0.3.17"
 glob = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/build/cli/src/lib.rs b/build/cli/src/lib.rs
index c6fc4f497cc7..4e7e04b4bc07 100644
--- a/build/cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/build/cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -836,6 +836,14 @@ pub async fn main_internal(config: Option<enso_build::config::Config>) -> Result
                 .run_ok()
                 .await?;
 
+            // Copied from `build` in `lib/rust/ensogl/pack/src/lib.rs`.
+            let paths = ensogl_pack::Paths::new().await?;
+            ensogl_pack::compile_this_crate_ts_sources(&paths).await?;
+            ide_ci::fs::remove_symlink_dir_if_exists(&paths.target.ensogl_pack.linked_dist)?;
+            ide_ci::fs::symlink_auto(
+                &paths.target.ensogl_pack.dist,
+                &paths.target.ensogl_pack.linked_dist,
+            )?;
             prettier::check(&ctx.repo_root).await?;
             let js_modules_root = ctx.repo_root.join("app/ide-desktop");
             Npm.cmd()?.current_dir(&js_modules_root).args(["install"]).run_ok().await?;
diff --git a/lib/rust/ensogl/pack/src/lib.rs b/lib/rust/ensogl/pack/src/lib.rs
index 5c11558b56af..d7fd1320e211 100644
--- a/lib/rust/ensogl/pack/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/rust/ensogl/pack/src/lib.rs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ fn check_if_ts_needs_rebuild(paths: &Paths) -> Result<bool> {
 }
 
 /// Compile TypeScript sources of this crate in case they were not compiled yet.
-async fn compile_this_crate_ts_sources(paths: &Paths) -> Result<()> {
+pub async fn compile_this_crate_ts_sources(paths: &Paths) -> Result<()> {
     println!("compile_this_crate_ts_sources");
     if check_if_ts_needs_rebuild(paths)? {
         info!("EnsoGL Pack TypeScript sources changed, recompiling.");