diff --git a/packages/server/src/environment.ts b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
index b6654d0a14..8e6866d5e4 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/environment.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/environment.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,6 @@ const environment = {
   JS_RUNNER_MEMORY_LIMIT:
     parseIntSafe(process.env.JS_RUNNER_MEMORY_LIMIT) || 64,
   LOG_JS_ERRORS: process.env.LOG_JS_ERRORS,
-  isBundled: process.env.BUNDLED,
 }
 
 // clean up any environment variable edge cases
diff --git a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts
index ce19c15e09..9e2960807a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/jsRunner/bundles/index.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ export const enum BundleType {
   BSON = "bson",
 }
 
+const bundleSourceFile: Record<BundleType, string> = {
+  [BundleType.HELPERS]: "./index-helpers.ivm.bundle.js",
+  [BundleType.BSON]: "./bson.ivm.bundle.js",
+}
 const bundleSourceCode: Partial<Record<BundleType, string>> = {}
 
 export function loadBundle(type: BundleType) {
@@ -15,34 +19,7 @@ export function loadBundle(type: BundleType) {
     return sourceCode
   }
 
-  if (!environment.isBundled) {
-    let filePath
-    switch (type) {
-      case BundleType.HELPERS:
-        filePath = "./index-helpers.ivm.bundle.js"
-        break
-      case BundleType.BSON:
-        filePath = "./bson.ivm.bundle.js"
-        break
-      default:
-        throw utils.unreachable(type)
-    }
-
-    sourceCode = fs.readFileSync(require.resolve(filePath), "utf-8")
-  } else {
-    // If we are running from a built version, esbuild is configured to inject .ivm.bundle.js files as text
-    switch (type) {
-      case BundleType.HELPERS:
-        sourceCode = require("./index-helpers.ivm.bundle.js")
-        break
-      case BundleType.BSON:
-        sourceCode = require("./bson.ivm.bundle.js")
-        break
-      default:
-        throw utils.unreachable(type)
-    }
-  }
+  sourceCode = fs.readFileSync(require.resolve(bundleSourceFile[type]), "utf-8")
   bundleSourceCode[type] = sourceCode
-
   return sourceCode
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 73f07152a9..0c0c8f1548 100755
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
     preserveSymlinks: true,
     loader: {
       ".svelte": "copy",
-      ".ivm.bundle.js": "text",
     },
     metafile: true,
     external: [
@@ -63,9 +62,6 @@ function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
       "graphql/*",
       "bson",
     ],
-    define: {
-      "process.env.BUNDLED": '"true"',
-    },
   }
 
   build({
@@ -73,7 +69,7 @@ function runBuild(entry, outfile) {
     platform: "node",
     outfile,
   }).then(result => {
-    glob(`${process.cwd()}/src/**/*.hbs`, {}, (err, files) => {
+    glob(`${process.cwd()}/src/**/*.{hbs,ivm.bundle.js}`, {}, (err, files) => {
       for (const file of files) {
         fs.copyFileSync(file, `${process.cwd()}/dist/${path.basename(file)}`)
       }