diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 38dd444f..3f4168a5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
     "dist"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "node scripts/build",
+    "build": "node scripts/build.js",
     "build-test-binary": "cd test/binary && node-gyp rebuild && cp build/Release/hello.node ../integration/hello.node",
     "codecov": "codecov",
     "test": "node --expose-gc --max_old_space_size=3072 node_modules/.bin/jest",
     "test-coverage": "node --expose-gc --max_old_space_size=3072 node_modules/.bin/jest --coverage --globals \"{\\\"coverage\\\":true}\" && codecov",
-    "prepublish": "in-publish && npm test || not-in-publish"
+    "prepublishOnly": "node scripts/build.js --no-cache"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@azure/cosmos": "^2.0.5",
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
     "graphql": "^14.0.2",
     "highlights": "^3.1.1",
     "hot-shots": "^5.9.2",
-    "in-publish": "^2.0.0",
     "ioredis": "^4.2.0",
     "isomorphic-unfetch": "^3.0.0",
     "jest": "^26.3.0",
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 06850388..2347c0a7 100644
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 const ncc = require("../src/index.js");
 const { statSync, writeFileSync, readFileSync, unlinkSync } = require("fs");
 const { promisify } = require("util");
-const { relative } = require("path");
+const { relative, join } = require("path");
 const copy = promisify(require("copy"));
 const glob = promisify(require("glob"));
 const bytes = require("bytes");
 
 const minify = true;
+const v8cache = true;
+const cache = process.argv[2] === "--no-cache" ? false : join(__dirname, "..", ".cache");
 
 async function main() {
   for (const file of await glob(__dirname + "/../dist/**/*.@(js|cache|ts)")) {
@@ -20,7 +22,8 @@ async function main() {
       externals: ["./index.js"],
       license: 'LICENSES.txt',
       minify,
-      v8cache: true
+      cache,
+      v8cache
     }
   );
   checkUnknownAssets('cli', Object.keys(cliAssets));
@@ -30,7 +33,8 @@ async function main() {
     {
       filename: "index.js",
       minify,
-      v8cache: true
+      cache,
+      v8cache
     }
   );
   checkUnknownAssets('index', Object.keys(indexAssets).filter(asset =>
@@ -39,13 +43,13 @@ async function main() {
 
   const { code: relocateLoader, assets: relocateLoaderAssets } = await ncc(
     __dirname + "/../src/loaders/relocate-loader",
-    { filename: "relocate-loader.js", minify, v8cache: true }
+    { filename: "relocate-loader.js", minify, cache, v8cache }
   );
   checkUnknownAssets('relocate-loader', Object.keys(relocateLoaderAssets));
 
   const { code: shebangLoader, assets: shebangLoaderAssets } = await ncc(
     __dirname + "/../src/loaders/shebang-loader",
-    { filename: "shebang-loader.js", minify, v8cache: true }
+    { filename: "shebang-loader.js", minify, cache, v8cache }
   );
   checkUnknownAssets('shebang-loader', Object.keys(shebangLoaderAssets));
 
@@ -54,7 +58,8 @@ async function main() {
     {
       filename: "ts-loader.js",
       minify,
-      v8cache: true,
+      cache,
+      v8cache,
       noAssetBuilds: true
     },
   );
@@ -62,7 +67,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   const { code: sourcemapSupport, assets: sourcemapAssets } = await ncc(
     require.resolve("source-map-support/register"),
-    { filename: "sourcemap-register.js", minify, v8cache: true }
+    { filename: "sourcemap-register.js", minify, cache, v8cache }
   );
   checkUnknownAssets('source-map-support/register', Object.keys(sourcemapAssets));
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 18190e30..866d56e4 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -7202,11 +7202,6 @@ imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz#9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea"
   integrity sha1-khi5srkoojixPcT7a21XbyMUU+o=
 
-in-publish@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/in-publish/-/in-publish-2.0.1.tgz#948b1a535c8030561cea522f73f78f4be357e00c"
-  integrity sha512-oDM0kUSNFC31ShNxHKUyfZKy8ZeXZBWMjMdZHKLOk13uvT27VTL/QzRGfRUcevJhpkZAvlhPYuXkF7eNWrtyxQ==
-
 indexof@0.0.1:
   version "0.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indexof/-/indexof-0.0.1.tgz#82dc336d232b9062179d05ab3293a66059fd435d"