diff --git a/bin/copy-dist.ts b/bin/copy-dist.ts
index 67c3579a6..2505c31c3 100644
--- a/bin/copy-dist.ts
+++ b/bin/copy-dist.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import path from "path";
+import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 
 const DEST_DIR = "./build";
 
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@ try {
 
     console.log("Copying complete!")
 
+    // TriliumNextTODO: for Docker this needs to run separately *after* build-stage
+    console.log("Pruning npm packages...")
+    execSync(`npm ci --omit=dev --prefix ${DEST_DIR}`);
 } catch(err) {
     console.error("Error during copy:", err)
     process.exit(1)
diff --git a/bin/copy-trilium.sh b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
index b80c97632..515c3ccc6 100755
--- a/bin/copy-trilium.sh
+++ b/bin/copy-trilium.sh
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ fi
 # Patch package.json main
 sed -i 's|./dist/electron-main.js|electron-main.js|g' "$BUILD_DIR/package.json"
 
-# run in subshell (so we return to original dir)
-(cd $BUILD_DIR && npm ci --omit=dev)
-
 if [[ -d "$BUILD_DIR"/node_modules ]]; then
     # cleanup of useless files in dependencies
     for d in 'image-q/demo' \