diff --git a/packages/cli/bin/bundle.js b/packages/cli/bin/bundle.js
index 89b12b55a0..bbc31e5eb9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/bin/bundle.js
+++ b/packages/cli/bin/bundle.js
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ const external = [
   '@parcel/watcher',
 ]
 
-const generateSourcemaps = true
-
 // yoga wasm file is not bundled by esbuild, so we need to copy it manually
 const yogafile = glob.sync('../../node_modules/.pnpm/**/yoga.wasm')[0]
 
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ esBuild({
   },
   inject: ['../../bin/bundling/cjs-shims.js'],
   external,
-  sourcemap: generateSourcemaps,
+  sourcemap: true,
   loader: {'.node': 'copy'},
   splitting: true,
   plugins: [
diff --git a/packages/create-app/bin/bundle.js b/packages/create-app/bin/bundle.js
index 12793d60c3..9254c5a93c 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/bin/bundle.js
+++ b/packages/create-app/bin/bundle.js
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ const external = [
   'react-devtools-core',
 ]
 
-const generateSourcemaps = true
-
 // yoga wasm file is not bundled by esbuild, so we need to copy it manually
 const yogafile = glob.sync('../../node_modules/.pnpm/**/yoga.wasm')[0]
 
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ esBuild({
   outdir: './dist',
   platform: 'node',
   format: 'esm',
-  sourcemap: generateSourcemaps,
+  sourcemap: true,
   inject: ['../../bin/bundling/cjs-shims.js'],
   external,
   loader: {'.node': 'copy'},