diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 00e9011d..be8e4a04 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ dev = [
 ]
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
-
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
-"src/madengine/scripts" = "madengine/scripts"
+# Note: scripts directory is auto-included since it's under src/madengine/
+# Do NOT add force-include for it - causes duplicate file errors in newer hatchling
 
 [tool.hatch.version]
 source = "versioningit"