diff --git a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
index 2d234423567..b00afcbe89a 100644
--- a/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
+++ b/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/_tools/scripts/publish_packages.js
@@ -617,6 +617,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 	var ghpagesOpts;
 	var jscodeshift;
 	var pkgJsonPath;
+	var extractCLI;
 	var repoExists;
 	var readmePath;
 	var noBundles;
@@ -629,7 +630,6 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 	var distPkg;
 	var pkgJSON;
 	var version;
-	var hasCLI;
 	var badges;
 	var branch;
 	var nLines;
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 	debug( 'Copying and populating README.md file...' );
 	readmePath = join( dist, 'README.md' );
 	readme = readFileSync( readmePath, 'utf-8' );
-	hasCLI = RE_CLI_USAGE_SECTION.test( readme );
+	extractCLI = !isTopLevelNS && RE_CLI_USAGE_SECTION.test( readme );
 
 	readme = replace( readme, RE_CLI_USAGE_SECTION, replacer );
 	readme = replace( readme, RE_C_USAGE_SECTION, replacer );
@@ -807,9 +807,9 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 
 	branch = ( triggerRelease ) ? 'v'+version : 'main';
 	if ( contains( readme, '<section class="links">' ) ) {
-		readme = replace( readme, '<section class="links">', mainRepoSection( customLicense, branch, !noBundles, hasCLI ) );
+		readme = replace( readme, '<section class="links">', mainRepoSection( customLicense, branch, !noBundles, extractCLI ) );
 	} else {
-		readme += mainRepoSection( customLicense, branch, !noBundles, hasCLI );
+		readme += mainRepoSection( customLicense, branch, !noBundles, extractCLI );
 		readme += '\n\n';
 		readme += '</section>';
 		readme += '\n\n';
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 		'recursive': true
 	});
 	fs.copyFileSync( join( __dirname, 'templates', 'workflow_publish.yml.txt' ), join( dist, '.github', 'workflows', 'publish.yml' ) );
-	if ( hasCLI ) {
+	if ( extractCLI ) {
 		fs.copyFileSync( join( __dirname, 'templates', 'workflow_publish_cli.yml.txt' ), join( dist, '.github', 'workflows', 'publish_cli.yml' ) );
 	}
 	schedule = cronSchedule( '@stdlib/'+pkg );
@@ -1007,7 +1007,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 	writeFileSync( join( dist, '.github', 'workflows', 'npm_downloads.yml' ), workflow );
 
 	if ( !noBundles ) {
-		if ( hasCLI ) {
+		if ( extractCLI ) {
 			fs.copyFileSync( join( __dirname, 'templates', 'workflow_productionize_cli.yml.txt' ), join( dist, '.github', 'workflows', 'productionize.yml' ) );
 		} else {
 			fs.copyFileSync( join( __dirname, 'templates', 'workflow_productionize.yml.txt' ), join( dist, '.github', 'workflows', 'productionize.yml' ) );
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 	fs.copyFileSync( join( __dirname, 'templates', 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md.txt' ), join( dist, 'CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md' ) );
 	fs.copyFileSync( join( __dirname, 'templates', 'CONTRIBUTING.md.txt' ), join( dist, 'CONTRIBUTING.md' ) );
 
-	if ( hasCLI ) {
+	if ( extractCLI ) {
 		writeFileSync( join( dist, 'branches.md' ), replace( replace( BRANCHES_WITH_CLI, '<pkg-path>', pth ), '<pkg>', distPkg ) );
 	} else {
 		writeFileSync( join( dist, 'branches.md' ), replace( replace( BRANCHES, '<pkg-path>', pth ), '<pkg>', distPkg ) );
@@ -1180,7 +1180,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 
 		command = 'rm -f docs/repl.txt && rm -f docs/types/test.ts';
 		shell( command, opts );
-		if ( hasCLI ) {
+		if ( extractCLI ) {
 			// Delete the `bin` field from the `package.json` file:
 			delete pkgJSON.bin;
 
@@ -1297,7 +1297,7 @@ function publish( pkg, clbk ) {
 			out = INSTALLATION_SECTION_BASIC;
 		} else {
 			out = INSTALLATION_SECTION_BUNDLES;
-			out = out.replace( '<cli>', ( hasCLI ) ? INSTALLATION_SECTION_BUNDLES_CLI : '' );
+			out = out.replace( '<cli>', ( extractCLI ) ? INSTALLATION_SECTION_BUNDLES_CLI : '' );
 		}
 		out += '\n<section class="usage">';
 		return out;