diff --git a/packages/nocodb-sdk/package.json b/packages/nocodb-sdk/package.json
index 30139ec686..581b08d453 100644
--- a/packages/nocodb-sdk/package.json
+++ b/packages/nocodb-sdk/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "watch:build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json -w",
     "generate:sdk": "npx --yes swagger-typescript-api@10.0.3 -r -p ../nocodb/src/schema/swagger.json -o ./src/lib/  --axios --unwrap-response-data  --module-name-first-tag --type-suffix=Type --templates ../../scripts/sdk/templates",
     "preinstall": "npx only-allow pnpm",
-    "postinstall": "pnpm build"
+    "postinstall": "[ \"$NODE_ENV\" != production ] && pnpm build"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "axios": "^0.21.1",