diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5327ad4f48..e318652dc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ jobs:
           npm run build-benchmarks
           npm run generate-typings
 
+      - name: Empty postinstall.js
+        run: |
+          echo "// empty in published package" > postinstall.js
+
       - name: Create Archive
         run: |
           zip -r dist dist
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cc018edd8c..431cfe74fd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@
 
 - *...Add new stuff here...*
 
-## 2.1.4
+## 2.1.5-pre.1
+
+### 🐞 Bug fixes
 
+- Publish empty `postinstall.js` file. Follow-up on (#990), (#991), (#992).
+
+## 2.1.4
 
 ### 🐞 Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4e1a6303ec..593411161f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "maplibre-gl",
   "description": "BSD licensed community fork of mapbox-gl, a WebGL interactive maps library",
-  "version": "2.1.4",
+  "version": "2.1.5-pre.1",
   "main": "dist/maplibre-gl.js",
   "style": "dist/maplibre-gl.css",
   "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
diff --git a/postinstall.js b/postinstall.js
index 2ced03a421..8136e31d52 100644
--- a/postinstall.js
+++ b/postinstall.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 import {execSync} from 'child_process';
 
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') {
-    execSync('npm run codegen && npm run generate-query-test-fixtures && husky install');
-}
+execSync('npm run codegen && npm run generate-query-test-fixtures && husky install');