diff --git a/.ci/azure-pipelines-build.yml b/.ci/azure-pipelines-build.yml
index 021b6471cd..9c3a51c9fc 100644
--- a/.ci/azure-pipelines-build.yml
+++ b/.ci/azure-pipelines-build.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ jobs:
 
   - script: 'npm ci --no-audit'
     displayName: 'Install Dependencies'
-    env:
-      SKIP_PREPARE: 'true'
 
   - script: 'npm run build:development'
     displayName: 'Build Development'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 15526f009a..4d8519501c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: npm ci --no-audit
-        env:
-          SKIP_PREPARE: true
 
       - name: Run a production build
         run: npm run build:production
@@ -50,8 +48,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: npm ci --no-audit
-        env:
-          SKIP_PREPARE: true
 
       - name: Run eslint
         run: npm run lint
@@ -76,8 +72,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: npm ci --no-audit
-        env:
-          SKIP_PREPARE: true
 
       - name: Run stylelint
         run: npm run stylelint:css
@@ -102,8 +96,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: npm ci --no-audit
-        env:
-          SKIP_PREPARE: true
 
       - name: Run stylelint
         run: npm run stylelint:scss
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tsc.yml b/.github/workflows/tsc.yml
index be0f2596aa..2b1b3bf594 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tsc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tsc.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Node.js dependencies
         run: npm ci --no-audit
-        env:
-          SKIP_PREPARE: true
 
       - name: Run tsc
-        run: npm run build:check
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: npm run build:check
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index d9ba35ed30..091af0db11 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ override_dh_clistrip:
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	npm ci --no-audit --unsafe-perm
+	npm run build:production
 	mv $(CURDIR)/dist $(CURDIR)/web
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
diff --git a/deployment/Dockerfile.docker b/deployment/Dockerfile.docker
index 33cf501665..5605e1150f 100644
--- a/deployment/Dockerfile.docker
+++ b/deployment/Dockerfile.docker
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ RUN apk add autoconf g++ make libpng-dev gifsicle alpine-sdk automake libtool ma
 WORKDIR ${SOURCE_DIR}
 COPY . .
 
-RUN npm ci --no-audit --unsafe-perm && mv dist ${ARTIFACT_DIR}
+RUN npm ci --no-audit --unsafe-perm \
+ && npm run build:production \
+ && mv dist ${ARTIFACT_DIR}
diff --git a/deployment/build.portable b/deployment/build.portable
index 18f7a8d1e6..8bf8a0d2af 100755
--- a/deployment/build.portable
+++ b/deployment/build.portable
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ fi
 
 # build archives
 npm ci --no-audit --unsafe-perm
+npm run build:production
 mv dist jellyfin-web_${version}
 tar -czf jellyfin-web_${version}_portable.tar.gz jellyfin-web_${version}
 rm -rf dist
diff --git a/fedora/jellyfin-web.spec b/fedora/jellyfin-web.spec
index 28407b8bcd..595ef33f2c 100644
--- a/fedora/jellyfin-web.spec
+++ b/fedora/jellyfin-web.spec
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ chown root:root -R .
 
 %build
 npm ci --no-audit --unsafe-perm
+npm run build:production
 
 
 %install
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bc19c04a9e..4148aad18c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "start": "npm run serve",
     "serve": "webpack serve --config webpack.dev.js",
-    "prepare": "node ./scripts/prepare.js",
     "build:development": "webpack --config webpack.dev.js",
     "build:production": "cross-env NODE_ENV=\"production\" webpack --config webpack.prod.js",
     "build:check": "tsc --noEmit",
diff --git a/scripts/prepare.js b/scripts/prepare.js
deleted file mode 100755
index 898b105e2f..0000000000
--- a/scripts/prepare.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
-
-/**
- * The npm `prepare` script needs to run a build to support installing
- * a package from git repositories (this is dumb but a limitation of how
- * npm behaves). We don't want to run these in CI though because
- * building is slow so this script will skip the build when the
- * `SKIP_PREPARE` environment variable has been set.
- */
-if (!process.env.SKIP_PREPARE) {
-    execSync('webpack --config webpack.prod.js', { stdio: 'inherit' });
-}