diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a8e708e447..51ebf95c52 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 repository = "https://github.com/dfinity/sdk"
 rust-version = "1.71.1"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+publish = false
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 candid = { version = "0.9.0", features = ["parser"] }
diff --git a/src/canisters/frontend/icx-asset/Cargo.toml b/src/canisters/frontend/icx-asset/Cargo.toml
index 8e1bf0859f..d741397bbc 100644
--- a/src/canisters/frontend/icx-asset/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/canisters/frontend/icx-asset/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ description = "CLI tool to manage assets on an asset canister on the Internet Co
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/icx-asset"
 categories = ["command-line-interface"]
 keywords = ["internet-computer", "agent", "icp", "dfinity", "asset"]
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anstyle.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/dfx-core/Cargo.toml b/src/dfx-core/Cargo.toml
index f1b9fef3f3..44538c8b83 100644
--- a/src/dfx-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/dfx-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ edition.workspace = true
 repository.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
+publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 aes-gcm.workspace = true
diff --git a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
index 9626792d0d..27f2401e95 100644
--- a/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/dfx/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ repository.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 build = "assets/build.rs"
+publish = false
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "dfx"
@@ -130,3 +131,7 @@ env_logger = "0.10"
 proptest = "1.0"
 mockito = "0.31.0"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
+
+# Config for 'cargo dist'
+[package.metadata.dist]
+dist = true