diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 36ef933f9e0a..cae2584b5134 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ server/node_modules/
 # This won't be relevant or needed once the content is gone.
 /content/files/en-us/
 
+/client/venv/
 /deployer
 kumascript/tests
 testing/
@@ -43,3 +44,6 @@ jest.config.js
 *.test.js
 .storybook/
 .nvmrc
+
+# Don't pack the build.
+mdn-yari-*.tgz
diff --git a/libs/env/index.d.ts b/libs/env/index.d.ts
index 87fcf51e18e8..947a26e04e7f 100644
--- a/libs/env/index.d.ts
+++ b/libs/env/index.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-export const ROOT: string;
 export const BUILD_OUT_ROOT: string;
 export const DEFAULT_FLAW_LEVELS: string;
 export const FILES: string;
diff --git a/libs/env/index.js b/libs/env/index.js
index bc87fa3e0d01..d3c8a97599ee 100644
--- a/libs/env/index.js
+++ b/libs/env/index.js
@@ -1,18 +1,17 @@
 import fs from "node:fs";
 import path from "node:path";
+import { cwd } from "node:process";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 
 import { VALID_FLAW_CHECKS } from "../constants/index.js";
 
-// Spread into two lines to get the ROOT path,
-// to prevent Webpack from treating 'new URL("../..", import.meta.url)' as an import.
-const currentDir = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
-export const ROOT = path.join(currentDir, "..", "..");
+const dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url));
+const ROOT = path.join(dirname, "..", "..");
 
 dotenv.config({
-  path: path.join(ROOT, process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"),
+  path: path.join(cwd(), process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"),
 });
 
 // -----
diff --git a/ssr/index.ts b/ssr/index.ts
index ffff42b41e15..f73f37e3e7ec 100644
--- a/ssr/index.ts
+++ b/ssr/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
 
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
@@ -7,12 +8,10 @@ import { StaticRouter } from "react-router-dom/server";
 import { App } from "../client/src/app";
 import render from "./render";
 
-// This is necessary because the ssr.js is in dist/ssr.js
-// and we need to reach the .env this way.
+const dirname = fileURLToPath(new URL(".", import.meta.url));
+
 dotenv.config({
-  path: fileURLToPath(
-    new URL("../" + (process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"), import.meta.url)
-  ),
+  path: path.join(dirname, "..", process.env.ENV_FILE || ".env"),
 });
 
 export function renderHTML(url, context) {