diff --git a/packages/start/root/Scripts.tsx b/packages/start/root/Scripts.tsx
index cc1828e6b..505f412b7 100644
--- a/packages/start/root/Scripts.tsx
+++ b/packages/start/root/Scripts.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { useRequest } from "../server/ServerContext";
 import { InlineStyles } from "./InlineStyles";
 
 const isDev = import.meta.env.MODE === "development";
+const isProd = import.meta.env.PROD;
 const isSSR = import.meta.env.START_SSR;
 const isIslands = import.meta.env.START_ISLANDS;
 
@@ -44,22 +45,24 @@ function DevScripts() {
 function ProdScripts() {
   const context = useRequest();
   return (
-    <>
-      {isSSR && <HydrationScript />}
-      <NoHydration>
-        <IslandsScript />
-        {isServer &&
-          (isSSR ? (
-            <script type="module" async src={context!.env.manifest?.["entry-client"].script.href} />
-          ) : import.meta.env.START_INDEX_HTML ? (
-            // used in the SPA build index.html mode to create a reference to index html
-            // which will be used by the client build
-            <script type="module" async src={import.meta.env.START_ENTRY_CLIENT} $ServerOnly />
-          ) : (
-            <script type="module" async src={context!.env.manifest?.["index.html"].script.href} />
-          ))}
-      </NoHydration>
-    </>
+    isProd && (
+      <>
+        {isSSR && <HydrationScript />}
+        <NoHydration>
+          <IslandsScript />
+          {isServer &&
+            (isSSR ? (
+              <script type="module" async src={context!.env.manifest?.["entry-client"].script.href} />
+            ) : import.meta.env.START_INDEX_HTML ? (
+              // used in the SPA build index.html mode to create a reference to index html
+              // which will be used by the client build
+              <script type="module" async src={import.meta.env.START_ENTRY_CLIENT} $ServerOnly />
+            ) : (
+              <script type="module" async src={context!.env.manifest?.["index.html"].script.href} />
+            ))}
+        </NoHydration>
+      </>
+    )
   );
 }