diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml
index f7bcf3c7b..6373d8f92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-conformance.yaml
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: K8s Gateway API conformance test and report
         run: |
           make test-gateway-api-conformance
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
index 72d2fdda1..0f7504c06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-integration.yaml
@@ -30,11 +30,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Build binary
         run: make binary-linux-amd64
 
@@ -74,11 +69,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Download traefik binary
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
index eb5a7c387..d8d612a51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-unit.yaml
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Tests
         run: |
           go test -v -parallel 8 ${{ matrix.package.group }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
index 3a4ab93a0..470816bd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yaml
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ jobs:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
           check-latest: true
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: golangci-lint
         uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v7
         with:
@@ -55,11 +50,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install misspell ${{ env.MISSPELL_VERSION }}
         run: curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/golangci/misspell/HEAD/install-misspell.sh | sh -s -- -b $(go env GOPATH)/bin ${MISSPELL_VERSION}
 
-      - name: Avoid generating webui
-        run: |
-          mkdir webui/static
-          touch webui/static/index.html
-
       - name: Validate
         run: make validate-files
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0aaa11e56..470b5c3e8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ build-webui-image:
 .PHONY: clean-webui
 #? clean-webui: Clean WebUI static generated assets
 clean-webui:
-	rm -rf webui/static
+	rm -r webui/static
+	mkdir -p webui/static
+	printf 'For more information see `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
 
 webui/static/index.html:
 	$(MAKE) build-webui-image
 	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui yarn build:prod
 	docker run --rm -v "$(PWD)/webui/static":'/src/webui/static' traefik-webui chown -R $(shell id -u):$(shell id -g) ./static
+	printf 'For more information see `webui/readme.md`' > webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
 
 .PHONY: generate-webui
 #? generate-webui: Generate WebUI
diff --git a/webui/.gitignore b/webui/.gitignore
index 7f7b4c885..541d4f563 100644
--- a/webui/.gitignore
+++ b/webui/.gitignore
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # static assets
 static/*
+!static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
diff --git a/webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md b/webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9481a99c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webui/static/DONT-EDIT-FILES-IN-THIS-DIRECTORY.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+For more information see `webui/readme.md`
\ No newline at end of file