diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 9639372bb..a125557c6 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -189,13 +189,16 @@
                    {copy, "rel/files/install_upgrade.escript", "bin/install_upgrade.escript"}]}
         ]}.
 
-{profiles, [{prod, [{relx, [{mode, prod},
+{profiles, [{prod, [{relx, [{debug_info, strip},
+                            {dev_mode, false},
+                            {include_erts, true},
+                            {include_src, true},
                             {overlay, [{copy, "sql/*", "lib/ejabberd-\{\{release_version\}\}/priv/sql/"},
                                        {copy, "ejabberdctl.cfg.example", "etc/ejabberd/ejabberdctl.cfg"},
                                        {copy, "ejabberd.yml.example", "etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.yml"}]}]}]},
             {dev, [{post_hooks, [{release, "rel/setup-dev.sh"}]},
-                   {relx, [{dev_mode, true},
-                           {debug_info, keep},
+                   {relx, [{debug_info, keep},
+                           {dev_mode, true},
                            {include_erts, true},
                            {include_src, false},
                            {overlay, [{copy, "ejabberdctl.cfg.example", "etc/ejabberd/ejabberdctl.cfg.example"},