diff --git a/libs/remix-ws-templates/src/script-templates/sindri/utils.ts b/libs/remix-ws-templates/src/script-templates/sindri/utils.ts
index 82030a0df7..8905d037da 100644
--- a/libs/remix-ws-templates/src/script-templates/sindri/utils.ts
+++ b/libs/remix-ws-templates/src/script-templates/sindri/utils.ts
@@ -22,15 +22,28 @@ const getSindriManifest = async () => {
   return JSON.parse(sindriJson)
 }
 
+const normalizePath = (path: string): string => {
+  while (path.startsWith('/') || path.startsWith('./')) {
+    path = path.replace(/^(\.\/|\/)/, '')
+  }
+  return path
+}
+
 /**
- * Create a map of file paths to `File` objects for either all or a subset of files in the workspace.
+ * Compile the circuit.
  *
- * @param {RegExp | null} includeRegex - A regular expression to limit the included files to those
- * whose paths match. If not specified, then all paths are included.
- * @param {RegExp | null} excludeRegex - A regular expression to exclude files whose paths match.
- * @returns {Promise<{[path: string]: File}>} A map of file paths to `File` objects.
+ * @param {string | string[] | null} tags - The tag or tags to use when compiling the circuit.
+ * @returns {CircuitInfoResponse} compiled circuit
  */
-const getWorkspaceFilesByPath = async (includeRegex: RegExp | null = null, excludeRegex: RegExp | null = null): Promise<{[path: string]: File}> => {
+export const compile = async (tags: string | string[] | null = ['latest']): CircuitInfoResponse => {
+  await authorize()
+  const sindriManifest = await getSindriManifest()
+
+  // Create a map from file paths to `File` objects for (almost) all files in the workspace.
+  // We exclude `.deps/` files because these are resolved to more intuitive locations so they can
+  // be used by the circuit without specifying a complex import path. We'll merge the dependencies
+  // into the files at their expected import paths in a later step.
+  const excludeRegex = /^\.deps\//
   const filesByPath: {[path: string]: File} = {}
   interface Workspace {
     children?: Workspace
@@ -40,35 +53,13 @@ const getWorkspaceFilesByPath = async (includeRegex: RegExp | null = null, exclu
   const childQueue: Array<[string, Workspace]> = Object.entries(workspace)
   while (childQueue.length > 0) {
     const [path, child] = childQueue.pop()
-    if ('content' in child && (includeRegex === null || includeRegex.test(path)) && (excludeRegex === null || !excludeRegex.test(path))) {
+    if ('content' in child && !excludeRegex.test(path)) {
       filesByPath[path] = new File([child.content], path)
     }
     if ('children' in child) {
       childQueue.push(...Object.entries(child.children))
     }
   }
-  return filesByPath
-}
-
-const normalizePath = (path: string): string => {
-  while (path.startsWith('/') || path.startsWith('./')) {
-    path = path.replace(/^(\.\/|\/)/, '')
-  }
-  return path
-}
-
-/**
- * Compile the circuit.
- *
- * @param {string | string[] | null} tags - The tag or tags to use when compiling the circuit.
- * @returns {CircuitInfoResponse} compiled circuit
- */
-export const compile = async (tags: string | string[] | null = ['latest']): CircuitInfoResponse => {
-  await authorize()
-  const sindriManifest = await getSindriManifest()
-
-  // Create a map from file paths to `File` objects for all files in the workspace.
-  const filesByPath = await getWorkspaceFilesByPath(null, /^\.deps\//)
 
   // Merge any of the circuit's resolved dependencies into the files at their expected import paths.
   if (sindriManifest.circuitType === 'circom') {