diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 01165c9d6fcea6..b6d2a439f833c0 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -52228,7 +52228,6 @@
 				"react-refresh": "^0.14.0",
 				"read-pkg-up": "^7.0.1",
 				"resolve-bin": "^0.4.0",
-				"rimraf": "^5.0.10",
 				"rtlcss": "^4.3.0",
 				"sass": "^1.54.0",
 				"sass-loader": "^16.0.3",
@@ -52245,6 +52244,9 @@
 			"bin": {
 				"wp-scripts": "bin/wp-scripts.js"
 			},
+			"devDependencies": {
+				"rimraf": "^5.0.10"
+			},
 			"engines": {
 				"node": ">=18.12.0",
 				"npm": ">=8.19.2"
diff --git a/packages/scripts/package.json b/packages/scripts/package.json
index 95422a0be71cd0..6abcfb89c9ce91 100644
--- a/packages/scripts/package.json
+++ b/packages/scripts/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 		"config",
 		"plugins",
 		"scripts",
-		"utils"
+		"utils",
+		"!**/test"
 	],
 	"bin": {
 		"wp-scripts": "./bin/wp-scripts.js"
@@ -80,7 +81,6 @@
 		"react-refresh": "^0.14.0",
 		"read-pkg-up": "^7.0.1",
 		"resolve-bin": "^0.4.0",
-		"rimraf": "^5.0.10",
 		"rtlcss": "^4.3.0",
 		"sass": "^1.54.0",
 		"sass-loader": "^16.0.3",
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@
 		"webpack-cli": "^5.1.4",
 		"webpack-dev-server": "^4.15.1"
 	},
+	"devDependencies": {
+		"rimraf": "^5.0.10"
+	},
 	"peerDependencies": {
 		"@playwright/test": "^1.58.2",
 		"@wordpress/env": ">=10.0.0",