diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a5d66db..1e99656 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 /main.js
 *.swp
 /.idea
+/src/manifests
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcb7ea4..7ce3c08 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build": "npm run clean && npm run build:types",
     "build:types": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "build:update-manifest-paths": "node scripts/update-manifests-dist-path.js",
+    "build:manifests-to-ts": "node scripts/manifests-to-ts.js",
     "clean": "node -e \"fs.rmSync('./dist', {force: true, recursive: true})\"",
     "format": "prettier --write \"./src/**/*.ts\" \"./manifests/**/*.json\"",
     "generate-schema": "node scripts/generate-schema.js",
-    "prepare": "tshy && npm run build:update-manifest-paths",
+    "prepare": "npm run build:manifests-to-ts && tshy",
     "test:validate": "node scripts/validate-modules.js",
     "sort-manifests": "node scripts/sort-manifests.js"
   },
diff --git a/scripts/manifests-to-ts.js b/scripts/manifests-to-ts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eda2a40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/manifests-to-ts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import {mkdir, readFile, readdir, rm, writeFile} from 'node:fs/promises';
+import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
+import {existsSync} from 'node:fs';
+import * as path from 'node:path';
+
+const scriptDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
+const tsManifestsPath = path.resolve(scriptDir, '../src/manifests');
+const jsonManifestsPath = path.resolve(scriptDir, '../manifests');
+
+if (existsSync(tsManifestsPath)) {
+  await rm(tsManifestsPath, {recursive: true});
+}
+
+await mkdir(tsManifestsPath, {recursive: true});
+
+const manifests = await readdir(jsonManifestsPath, {withFileTypes: true});
+
+for (const manifest of manifests) {
+  if (manifest.isFile() && path.extname(manifest.name) === '.json') {
+    const content = await readFile(
+      path.join(jsonManifestsPath, manifest.name),
+      'utf8'
+    );
+
+    await writeFile(
+      path.join(tsManifestsPath, manifest.name.replace(/\.json$/, '.ts')),
+      `import {ManifestModule} from '../types.js';\n\nconst manifest: ManifestModule = ${content.trim()};\nexport default manifest;\n`
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/scripts/update-manifests-dist-path.js b/scripts/update-manifests-dist-path.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 630064f..0000000
--- a/scripts/update-manifests-dist-path.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import {readFile, writeFile} from 'node:fs/promises';
-import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
-import * as path from 'node:path';
-
-const scriptDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
-const distPath = path.resolve(scriptDir, '../dist');
-const flavours = ['esm', 'commonjs'];
-
-for (const flavour of flavours) {
-  const flavourPath = `${distPath}/${flavour}/manifests-dir.js`;
-  const contents = await readFile(flavourPath, 'utf8');
-  await writeFile(
-    flavourPath,
-    contents.replaceAll('../manifests', '../../manifests')
-  );
-}
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index e5ff9c1..fd036f4 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-import {readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
 import {ManifestModule} from './types.js';
-import {manifestsDir} from './manifests-dir.js';
 
-const nativeReplacements = JSON.parse(
-  readFileSync(`${manifestsDir}/native.json`, 'utf8')
-) as ManifestModule;
-const microUtilsReplacements = JSON.parse(
-  readFileSync(`${manifestsDir}/micro-utilities.json`, 'utf8')
-) as ManifestModule;
-const preferredReplacements = JSON.parse(
-  readFileSync(`${manifestsDir}/preferred.json`, 'utf8')
-) as ManifestModule;
+import microUtilsReplacements from './manifests/micro-utilities.js';
+import preferredReplacements from './manifests/preferred.js';
+import nativeReplacements from './manifests/native.js';
 
 export * from './types.js';
 
diff --git a/src/manifests-dir-cjs.cts b/src/manifests-dir-cjs.cts
deleted file mode 100644
index 370721c..0000000
--- a/src/manifests-dir-cjs.cts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import * as path from 'node:path';
-
-const currentDir = __dirname;
-export const manifestsDir = path.resolve(currentDir, '../manifests');
diff --git a/src/manifests-dir.ts b/src/manifests-dir.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a8ae3ed..0000000
--- a/src/manifests-dir.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import {fileURLToPath} from 'node:url';
-import * as path from 'node:path';
-
-// @ts-ignore filthy cjs/esm polyfill hacks so we can have import.meta
-const currentDir = fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
-export const manifestsDir = path.resolve(currentDir, '../manifests');