diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
index 72c51df7ff13..2bdd82af2402 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 				escaped = replace( dep, '@', '\\@' );
 				escaped = replace( escaped, '/', '\\/' );
 				command = [
-					'if ! find lib test -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
+					'if ! find lib -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
 					'  printf "false"',
 					'else',
 					'  printf "true"',
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 				escaped = replace( dep, '@', '\\@' );
 				escaped = replace( escaped, '/', '\\/' );
 				command = [
-					'if ! find lib test -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
+					'if ! find lib -name "*.js" -exec grep -q "'+escaped+'" {} + && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" manifest.json && ! grep -q -s "'+escaped+'" include.gypi; then',
 					'  printf "false"',
 					'else',
 					'  printf "true"',
@@ -1283,6 +1283,8 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 		command = 'find . -type f -name \'*.md\' -print0 | xargs -0 perl -0777 -i -pe "s/\\`\\`\\`\n\nAlternatively,[^<]+<\\/section>/\\`\\`\\`\n\n<\\/section>/"';
 		shell( command, opts );
 
+		// Set `scripts` field to an empty object:
+		pkgJSON.scripts = {};
 		writeFileSync( pkgJsonPath, JSON.stringify( pkgJSON, null, '  ' ).concat( '\n' ) );
 
 		shell( 'npm publish --access public', opts );