diff --git a/buildpack/bin/compact b/buildpack/bin/compact
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e28bd50f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildpack/bin/compact
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e            # fail fast
+set -o pipefail   # don't ignore exit codes when piping output
+# set -x          # enable debugging
+
+bp_dir=$(cd $(dirname $0); cd ..; pwd)
+
+# Load some convenience functions like status()
+source $bp_dir/bin/common.sh
+
+for pack in node bower gulp; do
+  if name=$($bp_dir/buildpacks/$pack/bin/detect "$@"); then
+    if test -f $bp_dir/buildpacks/$pack/bin/compact; then
+      status "Compacting ${name}"
+      $bp_dir/buildpacks/$pack/bin/compact "$@"
+    fi
+  fi
+done
diff --git a/buildpack/buildpacks/node/bin/compact b/buildpack/buildpacks/node/bin/compact
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c985ddc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildpack/buildpacks/node/bin/compact
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e            # fail fast
+set -o pipefail   # don't ignore exit codes when piping output
+# set -x          # enable debugging
+
+# Configure directories
+build_dir=$1
+cache_dir=$2
+env_dir=$3
+
+bp_dir=$(cd $(dirname $0); cd ..; pwd)
+
+# Load some convenience functions like status() and indent()
+source $bp_dir/bin/common.sh
+
+# Output npm debug info on error
+trap cat_npm_debug_log ERR
+
+# Run subsequent node/npm commands from the build path
+cd $build_dir
+
+# Run twice as we may be able to remove a few more dependencies
+# on the second run
+status "Pruning development dependencies"
+npm prune --production --userconfig $build_dir/.npmrc 2>&1 | indent
+npm prune --production --userconfig $build_dir/.npmrc 2>&1 | indent
diff --git a/lib/roles/app.js b/lib/roles/app.js
index afa064c0..d23e3162 100644
--- a/lib/roles/app.js
+++ b/lib/roles/app.js
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ var dbapi = require('../db/api')
 var datautil = require('../util/datautil')
 
 var auth = require('./app/middleware/auth')
-var webpack = require('./app/middleware/webpack')
 var deviceIconMiddleware = require('./app/middleware/device-icons')
 var browserIconMiddleware = require('./app/middleware/browser-icons')
 
@@ -43,8 +42,9 @@ module.exports = function(options) {
     app.use('/static/app/build', serveStatic(pathutil.resource('build'), {
       maxAge: '10d'
     }))
-  } else {
-    app.use('/static/app/build', webpack({
+  }
+  else {
+    app.use('/static/app/build', require('./app/middleware/webpack')({
       debug: true
       , devtool: 'eval'
       , stats: {