diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 5cec6f00dd3e74c67d6a5a4bb9daddf2b84e4166..afb582c6a6f0c71dbaee796004457c00d27b1bbc 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
     "composer/installers": "~1.0",
     "oomphinc/composer-installers-extender": "~1.0",
     "cweagans/composer-patches": "~1.0",
-    "drupal/core-composer-scaffold": "^8.8.0",
     "drupal/drupal-library-installer-plugin": "^0.3",
     "drupal/varbase_core": "~8.0",
     "drupal/varbase_api": "~7.0",
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@
     "drupal/vartheme_admin": "~6.0"
   },
   "require-dev": {
+    "drupal/core-composer-scaffold": "^8.8.0",
     "drupal/console": "~1.0",
     "drush/drush": "~9.0",
     "drupal/coder": "~8.0",