diff --git a/packages/frontend-shared/vite.config.mjs b/packages/frontend-shared/vite.config.mjs
index 23091e841d10..eed1f9bde892 100644
--- a/packages/frontend-shared/vite.config.mjs
+++ b/packages/frontend-shared/vite.config.mjs
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export const makeConfig = (config = {}, plugins = {}) => {
     define: {
       'process.env': {
         CYPRESS_INTERNAL_ENV: 'development',
+        NODE_ENV: process.env.NODE_ENV,
       },
       // Fix to get cypress-plugin-tab to work in CT
       'process.version': '99',
diff --git a/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpVite.ts b/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpVite.ts
index af1ca14fe9fb..32c1a5ad2920 100644
--- a/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpVite.ts
+++ b/scripts/gulp/tasks/gulpVite.ts
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ export function viteBuildApp () {
 export function viteBuildAndWatchApp () {
   return watchViteBuild('vite:build-watch-app', `yarn vite build --watch`, {
     cwd: monorepoPaths.pkgApp,
-    env: {
-      // ...process.env,
-      NODE_ENV: 'production',
-    },
   })
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +109,9 @@ export function viteBuildLaunchpad () {
   return spawned('vite:build-launchpad', `yarn vite build --outDir dist`, {
     cwd: monorepoPaths.pkgLaunchpad,
     waitForExit: true,
+    env: {
+      NODE_ENV: 'production',
+    },
   })
 }