diff --git a/.changeset/fair-cameras-boil.md b/.changeset/fair-cameras-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..23fa2a1286d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fair-cameras-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@clerk/shared': patch
+---
+
+Remove `"sideEffects": "false"` since the package has side-effects
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/shared/package.json b/packages/shared/package.json
index ce76bcf815f..317bb725315 100644
--- a/packages/shared/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared/package.json
@@ -2,9 +2,27 @@
   "name": "@clerk/shared",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "Internal package utils used by the Clerk SDKs",
-  "sideEffects": false,
   "files": [
-    "dist"
+    "dist",
+    "browser",
+    "callWithRetry",
+    "color",
+    "cookie",
+    "date",
+    "deprecated",
+    "error",
+    "file",
+    "globs",
+    "handleValueOrFn",
+    "isomorphicAtob",
+    "keys",
+    "loadScript",
+    "localStorageBroadcastChannel",
+    "poller",
+    "proxy",
+    "underscore",
+    "url",
+    "react"
   ],
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "exports": {
@@ -37,7 +55,8 @@
         "types": "./dist/react/index.d.ts",
         "default": "./dist/react/index.js"
       }
-    }
+    },
+    "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "tsup",
diff --git a/scripts/subpath-workaround.mjs b/scripts/subpath-workaround.mjs
index 8c3c507256a..790e2805ca3 100644
--- a/scripts/subpath-workaround.mjs
+++ b/scripts/subpath-workaround.mjs
@@ -25,29 +25,28 @@ async function run() {
     `Found ${subpathHelperFile.subpathNames.length} subpaths and ${subpathHelperFile.subpathFoldersBarrel.length} subpath barrels`,
   );
 
-  // Check if pkgFile.files already contains the subpaths. This means that the script has already been run and we should exit early
-  const subpathsAlreadyAdded = subpathHelperFile.subpathNames.some(name => pkgFile.files.includes(name));
+  const allFilesNames = [...subpathHelperFile.subpathNames, ...subpathHelperFile.subpathFoldersBarrel, 'dist'];
+  const hasAllSubpathsInFiles = pkgFile.files.every(name => allFilesNames.includes(name));
 
-  if (subpathsAlreadyAdded) {
-    return console.log(`Subpaths already added to ${pkgName} package.json. Exiting early`);
+  if (!hasAllSubpathsInFiles) {
+    throw new Error('Not all subpaths from the package.json "files" array are in the subpaths.mjs');
   }
 
-  // Add all subpaths to the "files" property on package.json
-  pkgFile.files = [...pkgFile.files, ...subpathHelperFile.subpathNames, ...subpathHelperFile.subpathFoldersBarrel];
-
-  writeJSON(`../packages/${pkgName}/package.json`, pkgFile);
-
-  console.log(`Overwrote package.json for ${pkgName} with subpaths`);
-
   // Create directories for each subpath name using the pkgJsonPlaceholder
   subpathHelperFile.subpathNames.forEach(name => {
-    fs.mkdirSync(new URL(`../packages/${pkgName}/${name}`, import.meta.url));
+    const dir = new URL(`../packages/${pkgName}/${name}`, import.meta.url);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+    }
     writeJSON(`../packages/${pkgName}/${name}/package.json`, pkgJsonPlaceholder(name));
   });
 
   // Create directories for each subpath barrel file using the pkgJsonBarrelPlaceholder
   subpathHelperFile.subpathFoldersBarrel.forEach(name => {
-    fs.mkdirSync(new URL(`../packages/${pkgName}/${name}`, import.meta.url));
+    const dir = new URL(`../packages/${pkgName}/${name}`, import.meta.url);
+    if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+      fs.mkdirSync(dir);
+    }
     writeJSON(`../packages/${pkgName}/${name}/package.json`, pkgJsonBarrelPlaceholder(name));
   });