diff --git a/packages/r3f/devEnv/bundle.ts b/packages/r3f/devEnv/bundle.ts
index ff82b66..7518abd 100644
--- a/packages/r3f/devEnv/bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/r3f/devEnv/bundle.ts
@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ async function createBundles() {
       outfile: path.join(__dirname, '../dist/extension/index.js'),
       format: 'cjs',
       metafile: true,
+
+      /**
+       * Don't minify the extension bundle because it'll eventually get minified by the bundler of the user's project.
+       * However, we do want to tree shake the bundle and minify the syntax, so at least all the `if (false) {...}` blocks
+       * are removed. This also removes React's error that says "react is running in production mode but dead code elimination has not been applied...".
+       */
+      minifyIdentifiers: false,
+      minifySyntax: true,
+      minifyWhitespace: false,
+      treeShaking: true,
     }
 
     const result = await Promise.all([
diff --git a/packages/r3f/package.json b/packages/r3f/package.json
index 85ffc7b..7010bc0 100644
--- a/packages/r3f/package.json
+++ b/packages/r3f/package.json
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     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
     "polished": "^4.1.3",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 287cb19..33b7965 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
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