diff --git a/packages/snaps-cli/src/webpack/config.ts b/packages/snaps-cli/src/webpack/config.ts
index 8ea7fe2f43..8fd69173ca 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-cli/src/webpack/config.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-cli/src/webpack/config.ts
@@ -373,6 +373,12 @@ export async function getDefaultConfiguration(
     optimization: {
       minimize: config.output.minimize,
 
+      /**
+       * We disable the nodeEnv optimization as we already add process.NODE_ENV
+       * via the DefinePlugin in the section above this.
+       */
+      nodeEnv: false,
+
       /**
        * The minimizer to use. We set it to use the `TerserPlugin`.
        */