diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 757621cce370..36b5fa501d23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ new-version:
 
 # NOTE: Run make new-version first
 publish: prepublish
-	yarn lerna publish from-git --require-scripts
+	yarn lerna publish from-git
 	$(MAKE) clean
 
 publish-ci: prepublish
diff --git a/packages/babel-polyfill/package.json b/packages/babel-polyfill/package.json
index 525bcdcf3954..d3a4055dadf1 100644
--- a/packages/babel-polyfill/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-polyfill/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@
   "publishConfig": {
     "access": "public"
   },
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublishOnly": "cp dist/polyfill.min.js browser.js",
+    "postpublish": "rm browser.js"
+  },
   "repository": "https://github.com/babel/babel/tree/master/packages/babel-polyfill",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/babel-polyfill/scripts/postpublish.js b/packages/babel-polyfill/scripts/postpublish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 57a59218c810..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-polyfill/scripts/postpublish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
-
-try {
-  fs.unlinkSync(path.join(__dirname, "../browser.js"));
-} catch (err) {}
diff --git a/packages/babel-polyfill/scripts/prepublish.js b/packages/babel-polyfill/scripts/prepublish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 84276779f950..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-polyfill/scripts/prepublish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-"use strict";
-
-const fs = require("fs");
-const path = require("path");
-
-function relative(loc) {
-  return path.join(__dirname, "..", loc);
-}
-
-fs.writeFileSync(
-  relative("browser.js"),
-  fs.readFileSync(relative("dist/polyfill.min.js"))
-);
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/package.json b/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/package.json
index b1befbaf7df9..bdda607f1596 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     "babel-preset-env.min.js",
     "src"
   ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublishOnly": "cd ../.. && make prepublish-build-preset-env-standalone"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-dynamic-import": "^7.5.0",
     "@babel/plugin-proposal-json-strings": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/scripts/prepublish.js b/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/scripts/prepublish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bff650fb032d..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env-standalone/scripts/prepublish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-// This file is executed by lerna before publishing,
-// @babel/preset-env-standalone so that it has the
-// new version and not the old one.
-
-require("child_process").execSync(
-  "make prepublish-build-preset-env-standalone",
-  {
-    cwd: require("path").resolve(__dirname, "../../.."),
-    stdio: "inherit",
-  }
-);
diff --git a/packages/babel-standalone/package.json b/packages/babel-standalone/package.json
index 77ae93d4e30e..bfed051647ec 100644
--- a/packages/babel-standalone/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-standalone/package.json
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
     "babel.min.js",
     "src"
   ],
+  "scripts": {
+    "prepublishOnly": "cd ../.. && make prepublish-build-standalone"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.6.4",
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/babel-standalone/scripts/prepublish.js b/packages/babel-standalone/scripts/prepublish.js
deleted file mode 100644
index daadffb117ef..000000000000
--- a/packages/babel-standalone/scripts/prepublish.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-// This file is executed by lerna before publishing @babel/standalone,
-// so that it has the new version and not the old one.
-
-require("child_process").execSync("make prepublish-build-standalone", {
-  cwd: require("path").resolve(__dirname, "../../.."),
-  stdio: "inherit",
-});