diff --git a/generator/src/build.js b/generator/src/build.js
index 4cd9196a..66d7e366 100755
--- a/generator/src/build.js
+++ b/generator/src/build.js
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ function _HtmlAsJson_toJson(html) {
 return forceThunks(html);
 `)
       )
-      .replace(`console.log("App dying");`, ``)
+      .replace(`console.log('App dying')`, "")
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/generator/src/compile-elm.js b/generator/src/compile-elm.js
index bf9c66fa..ef40c6a9 100644
--- a/generator/src/compile-elm.js
+++ b/generator/src/compile-elm.js
@@ -21,17 +21,7 @@ async function spawnElmMake(options, elmEntrypointPath, outputPath, cwd) {
         /return \$elm\$json\$Json\$Encode\$string\(.REPLACE_ME_WITH_JSON_STRINGIFY.\)/g,
         "return " + (debug ? "_Json_wrap(x)" : "x")
       )
-      .replace(
-        "return ports ? { ports: ports } : {};",
-        `const die = function() {
-        managers = null
-        model = null
-        stepper = null
-        ports = null
-      }
-
-      return ports ? { ports: ports, die: die } : { die: die };`
-      )
+      .replace(`console.log('App dying')`, "")
   );
 }