diff --git a/cds-plugin-openapi/index.js b/cds-plugin-openapi/index.js
index 1ac184ed9..234bdf19e 100644
--- a/cds-plugin-openapi/index.js
+++ b/cds-plugin-openapi/index.js
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@ module.exports.activate = () => {
             applyTaskDefaults(task) {
                 task.src = task.src || cds.env.folders.srv.replace(/\/$/, '')
             }
-            async lookupTasks() {
-                if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-                    return [{ for: this.id }]
-                }
-            }
             get handler() {
                 return class extends BuildTaskHandler {
                     async clean() {
@@ -46,6 +41,16 @@ module.exports.activate = () => {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            /**
+             * Additional constraints can be defined, e.g. generate openapi service specification in production builds only.
+             * > cds build --production
+             * > cds build --for node-cf --production 
+             */ 
+            // async lookupTasks() {
+            //     if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
+            //         return [{ for: this.id }]
+            //     }
+            // }
         })()
     )
 }
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