diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c7c73e07366..00000000000
--- a/.npmignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-**/node_modules/
-**/.runtime-deps-*/
-docs/.generated/
diff --git a/scripts/changed-lanes.mjs b/scripts/changed-lanes.mjs
index 89e17fcdfe3..59ab2d3e2bc 100644
--- a/scripts/changed-lanes.mjs
+++ b/scripts/changed-lanes.mjs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const APP_PATH_RE = /^(?:apps\/|Swabble\/|appcast\.xml$)/u;
 const EXTENSION_PATH_RE = /^extensions\/[^/]+(?:\/|$)/u;
 const CORE_PATH_RE = /^(?:src\/|ui\/|packages\/)/u;
 const TOOLING_PATH_RE =
-  /^(?:scripts\/|test\/vitest\/|\.github\/|\.vscode\/|git-hooks\/|Dockerfile\.sandbox(?:-(?:browser|common))?$|Makefile$|openclaw\.podman\.env$|vitest(?:\..+)?\.config\.ts$|tsconfig.*\.json$|\.dockerignore$|\.gitignore$|\.jscpd\.json$|\.pre-commit-config\.yaml$|\.swiftformat$|\.oxlint.*|\.oxfmt.*)/u;
+  /^(?:scripts\/|test\/vitest\/|\.github\/|\.vscode\/|git-hooks\/|Dockerfile\.sandbox(?:-(?:browser|common))?$|Makefile$|openclaw\.podman\.env$|vitest(?:\..+)?\.config\.ts$|tsconfig.*\.json$|\.dockerignore$|\.gitignore$|\.jscpd\.json$|\.npmignore$|\.pre-commit-config\.yaml$|\.swiftformat$|\.oxlint.*|\.oxfmt.*)/u;
 const ROOT_GLOBAL_PATH_RE =
   /^(?:package\.json$|pnpm-lock\.yaml$|pnpm-workspace\.yaml$|tsdown\.config\.ts$|vitest\.config\.ts$)/u;
 const LEGACY_ROOT_ASSET_PATH_RE = /^assets\//u;
diff --git a/test/scripts/changed-lanes.test.ts b/test/scripts/changed-lanes.test.ts
index 4e1f2c6d414..d2a4097cb18 100644
--- a/test/scripts/changed-lanes.test.ts
+++ b/test/scripts/changed-lanes.test.ts
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ describe("scripts/changed-lanes", () => {
     const result = detectChangedLanes([
       ".dockerignore",
       ".jscpd.json",
+      ".npmignore",
       ".pre-commit-config.yaml",
       ".swiftformat",
       "Makefile",