diff --git a/packages/ses/scripts/bundle.js b/packages/ses/scripts/bundle.js
index aac1a90d69..3319a7b842 100644
--- a/packages/ses/scripts/bundle.js
+++ b/packages/ses/scripts/bundle.js
@@ -27,47 +27,51 @@ const writeBundle = async ({ buildType } = {}) => {
   const packageJson = JSON.parse(text);
   const version = packageJson.version;
 
-  const moduleTransforms = hermesTransforms;
+  const moduleTransforms = {};
+
+  let bundleFilePaths = [
+    'dist/ses.cjs',
+    'dist/ses.mjs',
+    'dist/ses.umd.js',
+    'dist/lockdown.cjs',
+    'dist/lockdown.mjs',
+    'dist/lockdown.umd.js',
+  ];
+  let terseFilePaths = ['dist/ses.umd.min.js', 'dist/lockdown.umd.min.js'];
+
+  if (buildType === 'hermes') {
+    bundleFilePaths = ['dist/ses-hermes.cjs'];
+    Object.assign(hermesTransforms, moduleTransforms);
+    terseFilePaths = [];
+  }
 
   const bundle = await makeBundle(
     read,
     pathToFileURL(resolve('../index.js', import.meta.url)).toString(),
-    buildType ? {} : { moduleTransforms },
+    moduleTransforms,
   );
   const versionedBundle = `// ses@${version}\n${bundle}`;
 
-  const { code: terse } = await minify(versionedBundle, {
-    mangle: false,
-    keep_classnames: true,
-  });
-  assert.string(terse);
-
+  buildType && console.log(`-- Building '${buildType}' version of SES --`);
   console.log(`Bundle size: ${versionedBundle.length} bytes`);
-  console.log(`Minified bundle size: ${terse.length} bytes`);
+
+  let terse;
+  if (terseFilePaths.length) {
+    const { code } = await minify(versionedBundle, {
+      mangle: false,
+      keep_classnames: true,
+    });
+    terse = code;
+    assert.string(terse);
+    console.log(`Minified bundle size: ${terse.length} bytes`);
+  }
 
   await fs.promises.mkdir('dist', { recursive: true });
 
-  const bundleFilePaths = [
-    'dist/ses.cjs',
-    'dist/ses.mjs',
-    'dist/ses.umd.js',
-    'dist/lockdown.cjs',
-    'dist/lockdown.mjs',
-    'dist/lockdown.umd.js',
-  ];
-  const bundleFilePathsHermes = [
-    `dist/ses${buildType ? `-${buildType}` : ''}.cjs`,
-  ];
-  const terseFilePaths = ['dist/ses.umd.min.js', 'dist/lockdown.umd.min.js'];
-
-  await Promise.all(
-    buildType
-      ? [bundleFilePathsHermes]
-      : [
-          ...bundleFilePaths.map(dest => write(dest, versionedBundle)),
-          ...terseFilePaths.map(dest => write(dest, terse)),
-        ],
-  );
+  await Promise.all([
+    ...bundleFilePaths.map(dest => write(dest, versionedBundle)),
+    ...terseFilePaths.map(dest => write(dest, terse)),
+  ]);
 
   // When importing types from a CJS package, TS v5.5+ considers the "module"
   // field in `ses`' `package.json`, so any .d.ts file is considered to be "ESM
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ const writeBundle = async ({ buildType } = {}) => {
 };
 
 const main = async () => {
-  await writeBundle({ buildType: process.env.SES_BUILD_TYPE || undefined });
+  await writeBundle({ buildType: process.env.SES_BUILD_TYPE || 'vanilla' });
 };
 
 main().catch(err => {