diff --git a/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts b/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
index 095ac6c622..79b533bf81 100644
--- a/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
+++ b/lib/controllers/prepare-controller.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export class PrepareController extends EventEmitter {
 		if (prepareData.watch) {
 			result = await this.startWatchersWithPrepare(platformData, projectData, prepareData);
 		} else {
-			await this.$webpackCompilerService.compileWithoutWatch(platformData, projectData, { watch: false, env: prepareData.env });
+			await this.$webpackCompilerService.compileWithoutWatch(platformData, projectData, prepareData);
 			await this.$prepareNativePlatformService.prepareNativePlatform(platformData, projectData, prepareData);
 		}
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ export class PrepareController extends EventEmitter {
 			};
 		}
 
-		await this.startJSWatcherWithPrepare(platformData, projectData, { env: prepareData.env }); // -> start watcher + initial compilation
+		await this.startJSWatcherWithPrepare(platformData, projectData, prepareData); // -> start watcher + initial compilation
 		const hasNativeChanges = await this.startNativeWatcherWithPrepare(platformData, projectData, prepareData); // -> start watcher + initial prepare
 
 		const result = { platform: platformData.platformNameLowerCase, hasNativeChanges };
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ export class PrepareController extends EventEmitter {
 		return result;
 	}
 
-	private async startJSWatcherWithPrepare(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, config: IWebpackCompilerConfig): Promise<void> {
+	private async startJSWatcherWithPrepare(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData): Promise<void> {
 		if (!this.watchersData[projectData.projectDir][platformData.platformNameLowerCase].webpackCompilerProcess) {
 			this.$webpackCompilerService.on(WEBPACK_COMPILATION_COMPLETE, data => {
 				this.emitPrepareEvent({ ...data, hasNativeChanges: false, platform: platformData.platformNameLowerCase });
 			});
 
-			const childProcess = await this.$webpackCompilerService.compileWithWatch(platformData, projectData, config);
+			const childProcess = await this.$webpackCompilerService.compileWithWatch(platformData, projectData, prepareData);
 			this.watchersData[projectData.projectDir][platformData.platformNameLowerCase].webpackCompilerProcess = childProcess;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/lib/services/webpack/webpack-compiler-service.ts b/lib/services/webpack/webpack-compiler-service.ts
index c549ebc0bc..6f42ba8f7d 100644
--- a/lib/services/webpack/webpack-compiler-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/webpack/webpack-compiler-service.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 		private $logger: ILogger
 	) { super(); }
 
-	public async compileWithWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, config: IWebpackCompilerConfig): Promise<any> {
+	public async compileWithWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData): Promise<any> {
 		return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
 			if (this.webpackProcesses[platformData.platformNameLowerCase]) {
 				resolve();
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 			}
 
 			let isFirstWebpackWatchCompilation = true;
-			config.watch = true;
-			const childProcess = await this.startWebpackProcess(platformData, projectData, config);
+			prepareData.watch = true;
+			const childProcess = await this.startWebpackProcess(platformData, projectData, prepareData);
 
 			childProcess.on("message", (message: any) => {
 				if (message === "Webpack compilation complete.") {
@@ -68,14 +68,14 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 		});
 	}
 
-	public async compileWithoutWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, config: IWebpackCompilerConfig): Promise<void> {
+	public async compileWithoutWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData): Promise<void> {
 		return new Promise(async (resolve, reject) => {
 			if (this.webpackProcesses[platformData.platformNameLowerCase]) {
 				resolve();
 				return;
 			}
 
-			const childProcess = await this.startWebpackProcess(platformData, projectData, config);
+			const childProcess = await this.startWebpackProcess(platformData, projectData, prepareData);
 			childProcess.on("close", (arg: any) => {
 				const exitCode = typeof arg === "number" ? arg : arg && arg.code;
 				if (exitCode === 0) {
@@ -99,8 +99,8 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 
 	@performanceLog()
 	@hook('prepareJSApp')
-	private async startWebpackProcess(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, config: IWebpackCompilerConfig): Promise<child_process.ChildProcess> {
-		const envData = this.buildEnvData(platformData.platformNameLowerCase, config.env, projectData);
+	private async startWebpackProcess(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData): Promise<child_process.ChildProcess> {
+		const envData = this.buildEnvData(platformData.platformNameLowerCase, projectData, prepareData);
 		const envParams = this.buildEnvCommandLineParams(envData, platformData);
 
 		const args = [
@@ -110,11 +110,11 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 			...envParams
 		];
 
-		if (config.watch) {
+		if (prepareData.watch) {
 			args.push("--watch");
 		}
 
-		const stdio = config.watch ? ["inherit", "inherit", "inherit", "ipc"] : "inherit";
+		const stdio = prepareData.watch ? ["inherit", "inherit", "inherit", "ipc"] : "inherit";
 		const childProcess = this.$childProcess.spawn("node", args, { cwd: projectData.projectDir, stdio });
 
 		this.webpackProcesses[platformData.platformNameLowerCase] = childProcess;
@@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 		return childProcess;
 	}
 
-	private buildEnvData(platform: string, env: any, projectData: IProjectData) {
+	private buildEnvData(platform: string, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData) {
+		const { env } = prepareData;
 		const envData = Object.assign({},
 			env,
 			{ [platform.toLowerCase()]: true }
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ export class WebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter implements IWebpackComp
 		);
 
 		envData.verbose = this.$logger.isVerbose();
+		envData.production = prepareData.release;
 
 		return envData;
 	}
diff --git a/lib/services/webpack/webpack.d.ts b/lib/services/webpack/webpack.d.ts
index 0777d63f74..b0e5e56388 100644
--- a/lib/services/webpack/webpack.d.ts
+++ b/lib/services/webpack/webpack.d.ts
@@ -4,19 +4,15 @@ import { PrepareData } from "../../data/prepare-data";
 
 declare global {
 	interface IWebpackCompilerService extends EventEmitter {
-		compileWithWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, config: IWebpackCompilerConfig): Promise<any>;
-		compileWithoutWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, config: IWebpackCompilerConfig): Promise<void>;
+		compileWithWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData): Promise<any>;
+		compileWithoutWatch(platformData: IPlatformData, projectData: IProjectData, prepareData: IPrepareData): Promise<void>;
 		stopWebpackCompiler(platform: string): void;
 	}
 
-	interface IWebpackCompilerConfig {
-		env: IWebpackEnvOptions;
-		watch?: boolean;
-	}
-
 	interface IWebpackEnvOptions {
 		sourceMap?: boolean;
 		uglify?: boolean;
+		production?: boolean;
 	}
 
 	interface IProjectChangesService {