diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7e48e31..434db59 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ Homepage = "https://github.com/Moge800/gomc_rest_python"
 
 [tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
 packages = ["src/gomc_rest"]
-
-# The platform-specific server binaries live under gomc_rest/binaries/ and are
-# shipped as package data. (Per-platform wheels are produced at release time;
-# see binaries/README.md.)
-[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel.force-include]
-"src/gomc_rest/binaries" = "gomc_rest/binaries"
+# The platform-specific server binaries under gomc_rest/binaries/ are vendored
+# at build time and are gitignored; list them as artifacts so the wheel ships
+# whichever binary is present, without duplicating the tracked files (README,
+# .gitignore) in that directory. (Per-platform wheels are produced at release
+# time; see binaries/README.md.)
+artifacts = ["src/gomc_rest/binaries/gomc-rest*"]