diff --git a/packages/localization/lib/copy-and-strip-cldr/index.js b/packages/localization/lib/copy-and-strip-cldr/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ee4ef9103564..000000000000
--- a/packages/localization/lib/copy-and-strip-cldr/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import fs from "fs/promises";
-import path from "path";
-
-const copyAndStripCLDR = async () => {
-	const inputDir = process.argv[2];
-	const outputDir = process.argv[3];
-
-	await fs.mkdir(outputDir, { recursive: true });
-	const files = await fs.readdir(inputDir);
-	const promises = files.map(async fileName => {
-		if (!fileName.endsWith("json")) {
-			return; // skip the license .txt file
-		}
-
-		const inputFilePath = path.join(inputDir, fileName);
-		const fileContent = `${await fs.readFile(inputFilePath, "utf8")}`;
-		let fileContentObject = JSON.parse(fileContent);
-		fileContentObject = removeFields(fileContentObject);
-		const fileContentReduced = JSON.stringify(fileContentObject, null, 2);
-
-		const outputFilePath = path.join(outputDir, fileName);
-		return fs.writeFile(outputFilePath, fileContentReduced);
-	});
-	return Promise.all(promises);
-}
-
-const removeFields = object => {
-	// remove all fields related to listPattern
-	for (const field in object) {
-		if (field.includes("listPattern")) {
-			delete object[field];
-		}
-	}
-
-	// remove all deny-listed fields
-	[
-		"territories",
-		"scripts",
-		"timezoneNames",
-	].forEach(field => {
-		delete object[field];
-	});
-
-	return object;
-}
-
-copyAndStripCLDR().then(() => {
-	console.log("CLDR files copied and reduced in size.");
-});
diff --git a/packages/localization/package-scripts.cjs b/packages/localization/package-scripts.cjs
index 5fb3281bdd61..1be843d2503e 100644
--- a/packages/localization/package-scripts.cjs
+++ b/packages/localization/package-scripts.cjs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const scripts = {
 	typescript: "tsc --build",
 	copy: {
 		"used-modules": `node "${copyUsedModules}" ./used-modules.txt dist/`,
-		cldr: `node ./lib/copy-and-strip-cldr/index.js "../../node_modules/@openui5/sap.ui.core/src/sap/ui/core/cldr/" dist/generated/assets/cldr/`,
+		cldr: `copy-and-watch "../../node_modules/@openui5/sap.ui.core/src/sap/ui/core/cldr/*" dist/generated/assets/cldr/`,
 		overlay: `copy-and-watch "overlay/**/*.js" dist/`,
 	},
 };