Why is does sveltkit package copy the package.json?

[zeekrey]

Hey there!

I just started using Sveltkit to build a Svelte component library. And I was wondering why the sveltkit package command copies the package.json to the package folder? This will copy dependencies like Sveltkit itself that is really not needed within the package.

Is there a way to disable this behaviour?

[antony]

Dependencies such as SvelteKit should be declared as dev dependencies, which your install process should not be installing in a production environment.

If you're ending up with dev dependencies in your production code, this is an issue with your build process, rather than the package command.