diff --git a/vite-plugin/src/plugin.js b/vite-plugin/src/plugin.js
index a11d19986cd..66bbd59b878 100644
--- a/vite-plugin/src/plugin.js
+++ b/vite-plugin/src/plugin.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { vueTransform } from './vue-transform.js'
 import { createScssTransform } from './scss-transform.js'
 import { parseViteRequest, createExtMatcher } from './query.js'
 import { mapQuasarImports } from './js-transform.js'
+import { viteCheckDevMode } from './vite-check-dev-mode.js'
 
 const defaultOptions = {
   runMode: 'web-client',
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ function getConfigPlugin (opts) {
       }
     },
 
-    config (viteConf, { mode }) {
-      return getViteConfig(opts.runMode, mode, viteConf)
+    config (viteConf, viteConfEnv) {
+      return getViteConfig(opts.runMode, viteConfEnv, viteConf)
     }
   }
 }
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ function getScriptTransformsPlugin (opts) {
     name: 'vite:quasar:script',
 
     configResolved (resolvedConfig) {
-      if (opts.devTreeshaking === false && resolvedConfig.mode !== 'production') {
+      if (opts.devTreeshaking === false && viteCheckDevMode(resolvedConfig)) {
         useTreeshaking = false
       }
     },
diff --git a/vite-plugin/src/vite-check-dev-mode.js b/vite-plugin/src/vite-check-dev-mode.js
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..5322f9c6dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vite-plugin/src/vite-check-dev-mode.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export function viteCheckDevMode ({ command, mode }) {
+  return command === 'serve' && mode === 'development'
+}
diff --git a/vite-plugin/src/vite-config.js b/vite-plugin/src/vite-config.js
index fbe7c00ce1d..a5ca3c2eaca 100644
--- a/vite-plugin/src/vite-config.js
+++ b/vite-plugin/src/vite-config.js
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join } from 'node:path'
 
 import { quasarPath } from './quasar-path.js'
+import { viteCheckDevMode } from './vite-check-dev-mode.js'
 
 const { version } = JSON.parse(
   readFileSync(join(quasarPath, 'package.json'), 'utf-8')
 )
 
-export function getViteConfig (runMode, viteMode, externalViteCfg) {
+export function getViteConfig (runMode, viteCfgEnv, externalViteCfg) {
   const viteCfg = {
     define: {
       __QUASAR_VERSION__: `'${ version }'`,
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ export function getViteConfig (runMode, viteMode, externalViteCfg) {
   else {
     // Alias "quasar" package to its dev file (which has flags)
     // to reduce the number of HTTP requests while in DEV mode
-    if (viteMode !== 'production') {
+    if (viteCheckDevMode(viteCfgEnv)) {
       viteCfg.resolve = {
         alias: [
           { find: /^quasar$/, replacement: 'quasar/dist/quasar.client.js' }