diff --git a/BUILDING.md b/BUILDING.md
index 816ecb20daa..c2aea8a659e 100644
--- a/BUILDING.md
+++ b/BUILDING.md
@@ -40,13 +40,6 @@ then simply run,
 browserify index.js > bundle.js
 ```
 
-to trim meta information (and thus save a few bytes), run:
-
-
-```
-browserify -t path/to/plotly.js/tasks/util/compress_attributes.js index.js > bundle.js
-```
-
 ## Angular CLI
 
 Currently Angular CLI uses Webpack under the hood to bundle and build your Angular application.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b1a6d52425..f422ff42cb1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
   },
   "browserify": {
     "transform": [
-      "glslify"
+      "glslify",
+      "./tasks/compress_attributes.js"
     ]
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/tasks/bundle.js b/tasks/bundle.js
index 7c6586c1c14..a4f0fce1516 100644
--- a/tasks/bundle.js
+++ b/tasks/bundle.js
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ tasks.push(function(cb) {
     _bundle(constants.pathToPlotlyIndex, constants.pathToPlotlyDist, {
         standalone: 'Plotly',
         debug: DEV,
-        compressAttrs: true,
         pathToMinBundle: constants.pathToPlotlyDistMin
     }, cb);
 });
@@ -62,11 +61,12 @@ tasks.push(function(cb) {
     }, cb);
 });
 
-// Browserify the plotly.js with meta
+// Browserify plotly.js with meta and output plot-schema JSON
 tasks.push(function(cb) {
     _bundle(constants.pathToPlotlyIndex, constants.pathToPlotlyDistWithMeta, {
         standalone: 'Plotly',
         debug: DEV,
+        noCompress: true
     }, function() {
         makeSchema(constants.pathToPlotlyDistWithMeta, constants.pathToSchema)();
         cb();
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ constants.partialBundlePaths.forEach(function(pathObj) {
         _bundle(pathObj.index, pathObj.dist, {
             standalone: 'Plotly',
             debug: DEV,
-            compressAttrs: true,
             pathToMinBundle: pathObj.distMin
         }, cb);
     });
diff --git a/tasks/cibundle.js b/tasks/cibundle.js
index 5a2310e2295..7b53995b81e 100644
--- a/tasks/cibundle.js
+++ b/tasks/cibundle.js
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@ var _bundle = require('./util/browserify_wrapper');
  *  - plotly.min.js bundle in dist/ (for requirejs test)
  */
 
-
 // Browserify plotly.js and plotly.min.js
 _bundle(constants.pathToPlotlyIndex, constants.pathToPlotlyBuild, {
     standalone: 'Plotly',
     debug: true,
-    compressAttrs: true,
     pathToMinBundle: constants.pathToPlotlyDistMin
 });
 
diff --git a/tasks/util/compress_attributes.js b/tasks/compress_attributes.js
similarity index 100%
rename from tasks/util/compress_attributes.js
rename to tasks/compress_attributes.js
diff --git a/tasks/util/browserify_wrapper.js b/tasks/util/browserify_wrapper.js
index 362a6121097..7a4e49113b4 100644
--- a/tasks/util/browserify_wrapper.js
+++ b/tasks/util/browserify_wrapper.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ var derequire = require('derequire');
 var through = require('through2');
 
 var constants = require('./constants');
-var compressAttributes = require('./compress_attributes');
 var strictD3 = require('./strict_d3');
 
 /** Convenience browserify wrapper
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ var strictD3 = require('./strict_d3');
  *  - debug {boolean} [optional]
  *  Additional option:
  *  - pathToMinBundle {string} path to destination minified bundle
- *  - compressAttrs {boolean} do we compress attribute meta?
+ *  - noCompress {boolean} skip attribute meta compression?
  * @param {function} cb callback
  *
  * Outputs one bundle (un-minified) file if opts.pathToMinBundle is omitted
@@ -38,10 +37,11 @@ module.exports = function _bundle(pathToIndex, pathToBundle, opts, cb) {
     browserifyOpts.standalone = opts.standalone;
     browserifyOpts.debug = opts.debug;
 
-    browserifyOpts.transform = [];
-    if(opts.compressAttrs) {
-        browserifyOpts.transform.push(compressAttributes);
+    if(opts.noCompress) {
+        browserifyOpts.ignoreTransform = './tasks/compress_attributes.js';
     }
+
+    browserifyOpts.transform = [];
     if(opts.debug) {
         browserifyOpts.transform.push(strictD3);
     }
diff --git a/tasks/util/watchified_bundle.js b/tasks/util/watchified_bundle.js
index 864716dca6f..05fb07c9526 100644
--- a/tasks/util/watchified_bundle.js
+++ b/tasks/util/watchified_bundle.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ var prettySize = require('prettysize');
 
 var constants = require('./constants');
 var common = require('./common');
-var compressAttributes = require('./compress_attributes');
 var strictD3 = require('./strict_d3');
 
 /**
@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ module.exports = function makeWatchifiedBundle(onFirstBundleCallback) {
     var b = browserify(constants.pathToPlotlyIndex, {
         debug: true,
         standalone: 'Plotly',
-        transform: [strictD3, compressAttributes],
+        transform: [strictD3],
         cache: {},
         packageCache: {},
         plugin: [watchify]
diff --git a/test/jasmine/tests/plotschema_test.js b/test/jasmine/bundle_tests/plotschema_test.js
similarity index 100%
rename from test/jasmine/tests/plotschema_test.js
rename to test/jasmine/bundle_tests/plotschema_test.js
diff --git a/test/jasmine/karma.conf.js b/test/jasmine/karma.conf.js
index 66bce39e73c..4050c8ccc5e 100644
--- a/test/jasmine/karma.conf.js
+++ b/test/jasmine/karma.conf.js
@@ -274,6 +274,10 @@ if(isBundleTest) {
             func.defaultConfig.files.push(pathToIE9mock);
             func.defaultConfig.preprocessors[testFileGlob] = ['browserify'];
             break;
+        case 'plotschema':
+            func.defaultConfig.browserify.ignoreTransform = './tasks/compress_attributes.js';
+            func.defaultConfig.preprocessors[testFileGlob] = ['browserify'];
+            break;
         default:
             func.defaultConfig.preprocessors[testFileGlob] = ['browserify'];
             break;