diff --git a/tfjs-converter/package.json b/tfjs-converter/package.json
index 220712ca108..8ac4f7f4c90 100644
--- a/tfjs-converter/package.json
+++ b/tfjs-converter/package.json
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     "yalc": "~1.0.0-pre.21"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "yarn gen-json --test && tsc && copyfiles -f src/data/compiled_api.* dist/src/data/",
+    "build": "yarn gen-json --test && tsc",
     "build-core": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build",
     "build-core-ci": "cd ../tfjs-core && yarn && yarn build-ci",
     "build-npm": "./scripts/build-npm.sh",
diff --git a/tfjs-converter/rollup.config.js b/tfjs-converter/rollup.config.js
index 38309306e1c..4fde3ddcce0 100644
--- a/tfjs-converter/rollup.config.js
+++ b/tfjs-converter/rollup.config.js
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ function config({plugins = [], output = {}}) {
       // Polyfill require() from dependencies.
       commonjs({
         namedExports: {
-          './src/data/compiled_api.js': ['tensorflow'],
           './node_modules/protobufjs/minimal.js': ['roots', 'Reader', 'util']
         }
       }),