diff --git a/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md b/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
index ae2a2a9d1..5a8a417dd 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
+++ b/packages/webawesome/docs/docs/resources/changelog.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Components with the <wa-badge variant="warning">Experimental</wa-badge> badge sh
 - Improved `<wa-slider>` to not throw an error when string values are passed to the `min`, `max`, and `step` properties [issue:1823]
 - Fixed a bug in Web Awesome form controls that caused `<wa-input form="foo">` to set the form property to equal `"foo"` instead of returning an `HTMLFormElement` breaking platform expectations. [pr:1815]
 - Fixed a bug in `<wa-button>` causing it to not copy over attributes for form submissions. [pr:1815]
+- Fixed a bug where the build script was not building `/dist/(utilities|events).js` [pr:1816]
 - Improved performance of all components by fixing how CSS is imported and reused [issue:1812]
 - Modified the default `transition` styles of `<wa-dropdown-item>` to use design tokens [pr:1693]
 
diff --git a/packages/webawesome/scripts/build.js b/packages/webawesome/scripts/build.js
index 46456d1d4..dfa82cd1e 100644
--- a/packages/webawesome/scripts/build.js
+++ b/packages/webawesome/scripts/build.js
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ export async function build(options = {}) {
             }
 
             // copy everything to unbundled before we generate bundles.
-            await copy(getCdnDir(), getDistDir(), { overwrite: true });
+            // this would cause watcher events to break.
+            // await copy(getCdnDir(), getDistDir(), { overwrite: true });
             await regenerateBundle();
 
             // This needs to be outside of "isComponent" check because SSR needs to run on CSS files too.