diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml b/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml
index 5b232f45133..e8d0f5b06d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-extractor.yml
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies (with cache)
         uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
 
-      - name: Run build
-        run: npm run build
-
+        # Builds the library and runs the api extractor
       - name: Run Api-Extractor
         run: npm run extract-api
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 831ed6e9419..dda56091ebd 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     "prepdist": "node ./config/prepareDist.js",
     "prepdist:changesets": "ts-node-script config/prepareChangesetsRelease.ts",
     "postprocess-dist": "ts-node-script config/postprocessDist.ts",
-    "extract-api": "ts-node-script config/apiExtractor.ts",
+    "extract-api": "npm run build && ts-node-script config/apiExtractor.ts",
     "clean": "rimraf dist coverage lib temp",
     "check:format": "prettier --check .",
     "ci:precheck": "node config/precheck.js",