diff --git a/build-api.js b/build-api.js
index 6842ef8a..a66925d5 100644
--- a/build-api.js
+++ b/build-api.js
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
-import { execSync } from "child_process";
 
 const __dirname = path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
-// First, copy API files to root
-console.log("Copying API files...");
+// Copy API files from code/api to /api at root
+console.log("Copying API files for Vercel...");
 const srcApi = path.resolve(__dirname, "api");
 const destApi = path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "api");
 
@@ -32,66 +31,4 @@ function copyDir(src, dest) {
 
 copyDir(srcApi, destApi);
 console.log(`✓ API files copied to ${destApi}`);
-
-// Now transpile TypeScript files to JavaScript using esbuild
-console.log("Transpiling API routes to JavaScript...");
-try {
-  // Use esbuild to transpile all .ts files in the API directory
-  execSync(
-    `npx esbuild "${destApi}/**/*.ts" --platform=node --target=es2020 --format=esm --outdir="${destApi}" --allow-overwrite`,
-    {
-      cwd: __dirname,
-      stdio: "inherit",
-      env: { ...process.env, SKIP_TSC: "true" },
-    },
-  );
-  console.log("✓ API routes transpiled successfully");
-} catch (error) {
-  console.error("Error transpiling API routes:", error.message);
-}
-
-// Fix ESM imports by adding .js extensions to relative imports
-console.log("Fixing ESM imports...");
-function fixImportsInDir(dir) {
-  const entries = fs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true });
-
-  for (const entry of entries) {
-    const fullPath = path.join(dir, entry.name);
-
-    if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-      fixImportsInDir(fullPath);
-    } else if (entry.name.endsWith(".js")) {
-      let content = fs.readFileSync(fullPath, "utf-8");
-
-      // Fix: import x from "../../_supabase" -> import x from "../../_supabase.js"
-      // Handle both double and single quotes
-      let fixedContent = content.replace(
-        /from\s+"(\.\.?\/[^"]+)"/g,
-        (match, importPath) => {
-          if (importPath.endsWith(".js")) {
-            return match;
-          }
-          return `from "${importPath}.js"`;
-        },
-      );
-
-      fixedContent = fixedContent.replace(
-        /from\s+'(\.\.?\/[^']+)'/g,
-        (match, importPath) => {
-          if (importPath.endsWith(".js")) {
-            return match;
-          }
-          return `from '${importPath}.js'`;
-        },
-      );
-
-      if (fixedContent !== content) {
-        fs.writeFileSync(fullPath, fixedContent);
-        console.log(`✓ Fixed imports in ${path.relative(destApi, fullPath)}`);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-fixImportsInDir(destApi);
-console.log("✓ ESM imports fixed");
+console.log("✓ Vercel will auto-detect and compile TypeScript files");