diff --git a/bin/copy-dist.ts b/bin/copy-dist.ts
index 6d9fcf0e0..f5901225b 100644
--- a/bin/copy-dist.ts
+++ b/bin/copy-dist.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,30 @@ try {
     // TriliumNextTODO: for Docker this needs to run separately *after* build-stage
     console.log("Pruning npm packages...")
     execSync(`npm ci --omit=dev --prefix ${DEST_DIR}`);
+
+    cleanupNodeModules();
+
 } catch(err) {
     console.error("Error during copy:", err)
     process.exit(1)
 }
+function cleanupNodeModules() {
+    const nodeDir = fs.readdirSync(path.join(DEST_DIR, "./node_modules"), { recursive: true, withFileTypes: true });
+
+    const filterableDirs = new Set([
+        "test",
+        "docs",
+        "demo",
+        "example",
+    ]);
+
+    const filteredDirs = nodeDir
+        .filter(el => el.isDirectory() && filterableDirs.has(el.name))
+        .map(el => path.join(DEST_DIR, el.parentPath, el.name));
+
+    filteredDirs.forEach(dir => {
+        fs.removeSync(dir);
+    })
+
+}
+
diff --git a/bin/copy-trilium.sh b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
index 629138048..e99bf08b9 100755
--- a/bin/copy-trilium.sh
+++ b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@ if [[ -d "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules ]]; then
         '@jimp/plugin-print/fonts' 'jimp/browser' 'jimp/fonts'; do
         [[ -e "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules/"$d" ]] && rm -r "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules/"$d"
     done
-
-    # delete all tests (there are often large images as test file for jimp etc.)
-    for d in 'test' 'docs' 'demo' 'example'; do
-        find "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules -name "$d" -exec rm -rf {} +
-    done
 fi
 
 find $BUILD_DIR/libraries -name "*.map" -type f -delete