diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 10b66aac2..97259d2b3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
   "main": "src/server.ts",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
-    "build:bot": "vite-node --script scripts/build --build=bot",
-    "build:server": "vite-node --script scripts/build --build=server",
+    "build:bot": "node scripts/build --build=bot",
+    "build:server": "node scripts/build --build=server",
     "build:docs": "vitepress build docs",
     "build:ratingsleaderboard": "vite-node --script scripts/buildRatingsLeaderboard",
-    "build": "vite-node --script scripts/build --build=all",
+    "build": "node scripts/build --build=all",
     "dev:bot": "yarn build:bot --dev && yarn start:bot",
     "dev:server": "yarn build:server --dev && yarn start:server",
     "dev:docs": "vitepress dev docs",
diff --git a/scripts/build.ts b/scripts/build.js
similarity index 77%
rename from scripts/build.ts
rename to scripts/build.js
index 65d43e8ef..eae8ca6f5 100644
--- a/scripts/build.ts
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-import { BuildOptions, build } from 'esbuild';
+import { build } from 'esbuild';
 import { copyFile, mkdirSync, rmSync } from 'fs';
 import { argv } from 'process';
 
-const isProd = argv === undefined || !argv.includes('--dev');
-const buildAll = argv === undefined || argv.includes('--build=all');
-const buildBot = argv?.includes('--build=bot') || buildAll;
-const buildServer = argv?.includes('--build=server') || buildAll;
+const isProd = !argv.includes('--dev');
+const buildAll = argv.includes('--build=all');
+const buildBot = argv.includes('--build=bot') || buildAll;
+const buildServer = argv.includes('--build=server') || buildAll;
 
 if (isProd) {
   // only remove in production to ensure no time is wasted in dev
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if (isProd) {
   );
 }
 
-const commonOptions: BuildOptions = {
+const commonOptions = {
   platform: 'node',
   loader: {
     '.node': 'copy',