diff --git a/src/Drush/Commands/ArtifactDeploymentDrushCommands.php b/src/Drush/Commands/ArtifactDeploymentDrushCommands.php
index 290e3ed5f718cc2e4905c3d35bbbe2961f9da476..275c92c1fe6546f5c1d6d9c0c4755efb259daa25 100644
--- a/src/Drush/Commands/ArtifactDeploymentDrushCommands.php
+++ b/src/Drush/Commands/ArtifactDeploymentDrushCommands.php
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ final class ArtifactDeploymentDrushCommands extends DrushCommands {
 
     $this->localMachineHelper->checkRequiredBinariesExist(['composer']);
     $outputCallback('out', 'Installing Composer production dependencies');
-    $process = $this->localMachineHelper->execute(['composer', 'install', '--prefer-dist', '--no-interaction', '--optimize-autoloader'],
+    $process = $this->localMachineHelper->execute(['composer', 'install', '--no-dev', '--no-interaction', '--optimize-autoloader'],
       $outputCallback,
       $artifactDir,
       ($this->output->getVerbosity() > OutputInterface::VERBOSITY_NORMAL));