diff --git a/.babelrc.esm-build b/.babelrc.esm-build
deleted file mode 100644
index 413b47297..000000000
--- a/.babelrc.esm-build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "presets": [
-        [
-            "@babel/preset-env",
-            {
-                "modules": false
-            }
-        ],
-        "@babel/react"
-    ],
-    "plugins": [
-        [
-          "formatjs",
-          {
-            "idInterpolationPattern": "[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]",
-            "ast": true
-          }
-        ],
-        [
-          "module-resolver",
-          {
-            "root": ["./src"],
-            "alias": {
-              "": "./src"
-            }
-          }
-        ]
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9389791aa..1d9991bb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -68,12 +68,9 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "start": "npm run build:design-tokens && vite",
-    "build": "node scripts/build.js && npm run build:esm",
-    "build:esm": "rimraf dist/esm && NODE_ENV=production babel --no-babelrc --config-file ./.babelrc.esm-build --ignore 'src/**/*.spec.js','src/**/fixtures/**','src/setupTests.js','src/reportWebVitals.js' src --out-dir dist/esm",
-    "build:vite": "BUILD_TARGET=umd vite build && BUILD_TARGET=esm vite build",
+    "build": "BUILD_TARGET=umd vite build && BUILD_TARGET=esm vite build",
     "test": "TZ=Europe/Amsterdam vitest",
     "test:storybook": "test-storybook --coverage",
-    "clean": "rimraf dist/*",
     "prepare-package": "node scripts/prepare-package.js",
     "makemessages-en": "formatjs extract 'src/**/*.{js,jsx}' --format scripts/i18n-formatter.js --out-file src/i18n/messages/en.json --id-interpolation-pattern '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]'",
     "makemessages-nl": "formatjs extract 'src/**/*.{js,jsx}' --format scripts/i18n-formatter.js --out-file src/i18n/messages/nl.json --id-interpolation-pattern '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]'",
diff --git a/vite.config.mts b/vite.config.mts
index 19bd9e828..ea9f06745 100644
--- a/vite.config.mts
+++ b/vite.config.mts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const buildTarget = process.env.BUILD_TARGET || 'umd';
  * - the react-intl translations are not distributed yet (also broken in CRA/babel build!)
  */
 const esmOutput = {
-  dir: 'dist-vite/esm',
+  dir: 'dist/esm',
   format: 'esm',
   preserveModules: true,
   preserveModulesRoot: 'src',
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ const esmOutput = {
  * @todo - optimize with bundle splitting/chunk management.
  */
 const umdOutput = {
-  dir: 'dist-vite',
+  dir: 'dist',
   format: 'umd',
   exports: 'named',
   name: 'OpenForms',
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     assetsInlineLimit: 8 * 1024, // 8 KiB
     cssCodeSplit: false,
     sourcemap: buildTarget !== 'esm',
-    outDir: 'dist-vite/umd',
+    outDir: 'dist/umd',
     rollupOptions: {
       input: 'src/sdk.jsx',
       // do not externalize anything in UMD build - bundle everything