diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ab84a0a2ac1..d50069baccf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ versions.json
 /docs/api/typedoc.json
 /docs/public/api-diff-index.json
 /lib
-/locale
 
 # Faker
 TAGS
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f89799491ca..5a84d7fe69d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@
   },
   "files": [
     "CHANGELOG.md",
-    "dist",
-    "locale"
+    "dist"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "clean": "rimraf coverage .eslintcache dist docs/.vitepress/dist pnpm-lock.yaml node_modules",
+    "clean": "rimraf coverage .eslintcache dist docs/.vitepress/dist locale pnpm-lock.yaml node_modules",
     "build:clean": "rimraf dist",
     "build:code": "tsx ./scripts/bundle.ts",
     "build:types": "tsc --project tsconfig.build.json",
diff --git a/scripts/bundle.ts b/scripts/bundle.ts
index b162a32ecfb..8076f18da7e 100644
--- a/scripts/bundle.ts
+++ b/scripts/bundle.ts
@@ -1,27 +1,11 @@
 import { buildSync } from 'esbuild';
 import { globSync } from 'glob';
-import { existsSync, mkdirSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { allLocales } from '../src';
 
 console.log('Building dist for node (cjs)...');
 
-// Generate entry-points for cjs compatibility
-const localeDir = 'locale';
 const target = ['ES2019', 'node14.17'];
 
-if (existsSync(localeDir)) {
-  rmSync(localeDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
-}
-
-mkdirSync(localeDir);
-for (const locale of Object.keys(allLocales)) {
-  writeFileSync(
-    `${localeDir}/${locale}.js`,
-    `module.exports = require('../dist/cjs/locale/${locale}');\n`,
-    { encoding: 'utf8' }
-  );
-}
-
 buildSync({
   entryPoints: globSync('./src/**/*.ts'),
   // We can use the following entry points when esbuild supports cjs+splitting
diff --git a/test/locale-imports.spec.ts b/test/locale-imports.spec.ts
index 3cbe38aabce..6882d5379c8 100644
--- a/test/locale-imports.spec.ts
+++ b/test/locale-imports.spec.ts
@@ -62,27 +62,4 @@ describe.each(Object.keys(allLocales))('locale imports', (locale) => {
       }
     }
   });
-
-  describe('Internal tests to cover `src/locale/*.ts`', () => {
-    it(`should be possible to directly require('../locale/${locale}')`, () => {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-      const { faker } = require(`../locale/${locale}`);
-
-      expect(faker).toBeDefined();
-      expect(faker.string.alpha()).toBeTypeOf('string');
-      expect(faker.definitions.metadata.title).toBe(
-        allLocales[locale].metadata.title
-      );
-    });
-
-    it(`should be possible to directly import('../src/locale/${locale}')`, async () => {
-      const { faker } = await import(`../src/locale/${locale}`);
-
-      expect(faker).toBeDefined();
-      expect(faker.string.alpha()).toBeTypeOf('string');
-      expect(faker.definitions.metadata.title).toBe(
-        allLocales[locale].metadata.title
-      );
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 3a2b814f2c5..c1dcb1ddfb7 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist", "locale"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }