diff --git a/rebar.config b/rebar.config
index 179052d1c..02993d899 100644
--- a/rebar.config
+++ b/rebar.config
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@
         {sys_config, "./rel/sys.config"},
         {vm_args, "./rel/vm.args"},
         {overlay_vars, "vars.config"},
-        {extended_start_script, true},
         {overlay, [{mkdir, "var/log/ejabberd"},
                    {mkdir, "var/lib/ejabberd"},
                    {mkdir, "etc/ejabberd"},
@@ -193,6 +192,7 @@
                             {dev_mode, false},
                             {include_erts, true},
                             {include_src, true},
+                            {generate_start_script, false},
                             {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"}]}]}]},
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@
                            {dev_mode, true},
                            {include_erts, true},
                            {include_src, false},
+                           {generate_start_script, true},
+                           {extended_start_script, true},
                            {overlay, [{copy, "ejabberdctl.cfg.example", "etc/ejabberd/ejabberdctl.cfg.example"},
                                       {copy, "ejabberd.yml.example", "etc/ejabberd/ejabberd.yml.example"},
                                       {copy, "test/ejabberd_SUITE_data/ca.pem", "etc/ejabberd/"},