diff --git a/docs/site/.gitignore b/docs/site/.gitignore
index 9fbbb2c6f27..f72d4052c50 100644
--- a/docs/site/.gitignore
+++ b/docs/site/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /node_modules
 /assets/json
+/assets/vendor
diff --git a/docs/site/_config.yml b/docs/site/_config.yml
index 65571896a21..bc499f53c14 100644
--- a/docs/site/_config.yml
+++ b/docs/site/_config.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,3 @@ defaults:
       path: ''
     values:
       layout: page
-
-include:
-  - node_modules
-
diff --git a/docs/site/_layouts/page.html b/docs/site/_layouts/page.html
index acf9f2694bc..cd4c5d9816a 100644
--- a/docs/site/_layouts/page.html
+++ b/docs/site/_layouts/page.html
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
 		© 1991-2024 Unicode, Inc. Unicode and the Unicode Logo are registered trademarks of Unicode, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. See <a href="https://www.unicode.org/copyright.html">Terms of Use</a>.
 	</footer>
 	<!-- workaround for cloudflare content-type issue -->
-	<script src="/node_modules/vue/dist/vue_global_prod.js"></script>
-	<!-- <script src="/node_modules/vue/dist/vue.global.prod.js"></script> -->
+	<script src="/assets/vendor/vue.global.prod.js"></script>
 	<script src="/assets/js/cldrsite.js"></script>
 </body>
 
diff --git a/docs/site/package.json b/docs/site/package.json
index d54a71d2eab..3eac2b7b0ac 100644
--- a/docs/site/package.json
+++ b/docs/site/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "build": "node assets/js/build.mjs",
-    "postinstall": "cp node_modules/vue/dist/vue.global.prod.js node_modules/vue/dist/vue_global_prod.js"
+    "postinstall": "mkdir -p assets/vendor ; cp node_modules/vue/dist/vue.global.prod.js assets/vendor"
   },
   "keywords": [],
   "author": "Steven R. Loomis <srloomis@unicode.org>",