diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 806e8198dc863689658d63f2274934dc4869fcab..19d5f10862e622da6c4933a600e991d68fbe4c0d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ To get syntax highlighting for shader and graphql files add the following to Vis
 
 ## Deploy
     npm run test
-    NODE_ENV=production npm run build
+    npm run build
     node ./scripts/deploy.js # currently updates the viewer on molstar.org/viewer
 
 ## Contributing
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 442fec1d1cafa6cd1f23b2ecbea4055bfdb667a8..ecebfa77f691eda777e7fe3992f1bfba53f4e76e 100644
Binary files a/package-lock.json and b/package-lock.json differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ab1a1acae0c151f6a4eecf4090ba27881734a65b..93f8d7f390caf1abfd428b2077bf5c8642c16336 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     "@types/compression": "1.0.1",
     "@types/express": "^4.17.1",
     "@types/jest": "^24.0.18",
-    "@types/node": "^12.7.4",
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.5",
     "@types/node-fetch": "^2.5.0",
     "@types/react": "^16.9.2",
     "@types/react-dom": "^16.9.0",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 0cc3d3c27df1c8aece105aa86378da1e21620973..4f550c22f1c2e62ec944da28023187cc7dd6d532 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ const sharedConfig = {
         }),
         new webpack.DefinePlugin({
             __PLUGIN_VERSION_TIMESTAMP__: webpack.DefinePlugin.runtimeValue(() => `${new Date().valueOf()}`, true),
-            'process.env.NODE_ENV': JSON.stringify(process.env.NODE_ENV),
             'process.env.DEBUG': JSON.stringify(process.env.DEBUG)
         }),
         new MiniCssExtractPlugin({ filename: 'app.css' })