diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index 94ccfd5..c0127da 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 # @param post_sync_token
 #   The shared secret for pulp notifying katello about completed syncs
 #
-# @param webpack_dev_server
-#   Whether to use the webpack dev server. Otherwise uses statically compiled
-#   bundles.
 #
 # @param modulestream_nodejs
 #   The nodejs modularity stream to use on EL8 and up
@@ -82,7 +79,6 @@
   String $oauth_key = $katello_devel::params::oauth_key,
   String $oauth_secret = $katello_devel::params::oauth_secret,
   String $post_sync_token = 'test',
-  Boolean $webpack_dev_server = true,
   String $modulestream_nodejs = '18',
   Boolean $manage_bundler = true,
   String $initial_organization = 'Default Organization',
diff --git a/manifests/setup.pp b/manifests/setup.pp
index 9410a4b..62ed086 100644
--- a/manifests/setup.pp
+++ b/manifests/setup.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
   String $initial_organization = $katello_devel::initial_organization,
   String $initial_location = $katello_devel::initial_location,
   String $admin_password = $katello_devel::admin_password,
-  Boolean $webpack_dev_server = $katello_devel::webpack_dev_server,
   Integer[0] $npm_timeout = $katello_devel::npm_timeout,
 ) {
   $pidfile = "${foreman_dir}/tmp/pids/server.pid"
@@ -17,11 +16,9 @@
     "SEED_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${admin_password}",
   ]
 
-  unless $webpack_dev_server {
-    katello_devel::bundle { 'exec rake webpack:compile':
-      require => Katello_devel::Bundle['exec npm install'],
-      before  => Katello_devel::Bundle['exec rake db:migrate'],
-    }
+  katello_devel::bundle { 'exec rake webpack:compile':
+    require => Katello_devel::Bundle['exec npm install'],
+    before  => Katello_devel::Bundle['exec rake db:migrate'],
   }
 
   katello_devel::bundle { 'install --retry 3 --jobs 3 --path .vendor':
diff --git a/spec/classes/katello_devel_spec.rb b/spec/classes/katello_devel_spec.rb
index 5db6455..e479fe5 100644
--- a/spec/classes/katello_devel_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/classes/katello_devel_spec.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
           'BIND=0.0.0.0',
           'PORT=3000',
           "RAILS_STARTUP='puma -w 2 -p $PORT --preload'",
-          "WEBPACK_OPTS='--https --key /etc/pki/katello/private/katello-apache.key --cert /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-apache.crt --cacert /etc/pki/katello/certs/katello-default-ca.crt --host 0.0.0.0 --public #{facts[:networking]['fqdn']}'",
           "REDUX_LOGGER=false",
         ]) }
 
@@ -53,8 +52,6 @@
             ':ssl_client_dn_env: HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_S_DN',
             ':ssl_client_verify_env: HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY',
             ':ssl_client_cert_env: HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_CERT',
-            ':webpack_dev_server: true',
-            ':webpack_dev_server_https: true',
             ':assets_debug: false',
             ':rails_cache_store:',
             '  :type: redis',
diff --git a/templates/env.erb b/templates/env.erb
index 60f2d6a..719b7f6 100644
--- a/templates/env.erb
+++ b/templates/env.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 BIND=0.0.0.0
 PORT=<%= scope['katello_devel::rails_port'] %>
 RAILS_STARTUP='<%= scope['katello_devel::rails_command'] %>'
-WEBPACK_OPTS='--https --key <%= scope['certs::apache::apache_key'] %> --cert <%= scope['certs::apache::apache_cert'] %> --cacert <%= scope['certs::apache::apache_client_ca_cert'] %> --host 0.0.0.0 --public <%= scope['certs::apache::hostname'] %>'
 REDUX_LOGGER=false
diff --git a/templates/settings.yaml.erb b/templates/settings.yaml.erb
index 4bc8011..32fbe7b 100644
--- a/templates/settings.yaml.erb
+++ b/templates/settings.yaml.erb
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
 :ssl_client_verify_env: HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_VERIFY
 :ssl_client_cert_env: HTTP_SSL_CLIENT_CERT
 
-# webpack dev server settings
-:webpack_dev_server: <%= scope['::katello_devel::webpack_dev_server'] %>
-:webpack_dev_server_https: true
+# Debug mode disables concatenation and preprocessing of assets.
 :assets_debug: false
 
 # Rails Cache type