diff --git a/src/builders/nodejs/granular/default.nix b/src/builders/nodejs/granular/default.nix
index 8ddbdbfb..27e6639b 100644
--- a/src/builders/nodejs/granular/default.nix
+++ b/src/builders/nodejs/granular/default.nix
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ let
           # - adds executables of direct node dependencies to PATH
           # - adds the current node module to NODE_PATH
           # - sets HOME=$TMPDIR, as this is required by some npm scripts
+          # TODO: don't install dev dependencies. Load into NODE_PATH instead
           d2nInstallDependenciesPhase = ''
             # symlink dependency packages into node_modules
             for dep in $(cat $nodeDepsPath); do
diff --git a/src/translators/nodejs/pure/package-lock/default.nix b/src/translators/nodejs/pure/package-lock/default.nix
index 0d9adf15..02ba4030 100644
--- a/src/translators/nodejs/pure/package-lock/default.nix
+++ b/src/translators/nodejs/pure/package-lock/default.nix
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       inputDirectories,
       inputFiles,
 
-      dev,
+      noDev,
       nodejs,
       ...
     }@args:
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
       b = builtins;
 
+      dev = ! noDev;
+
       packageLock =
         if inputDirectories != [] then
           "${lib.elemAt inputDirectories 0}/package-lock.json"
@@ -141,8 +143,8 @@
 
   extraArgs = {
 
-    dev = {
-      description = "include dependencies for development";
+    noDev = {
+      description = "Whether to exclude development dependencies";
       type = "flag";
     };
 
diff --git a/src/translators/nodejs/pure/yarn-lock/default.nix b/src/translators/nodejs/pure/yarn-lock/default.nix
index d3c51249..2c023297 100644
--- a/src/translators/nodejs/pure/yarn-lock/default.nix
+++ b/src/translators/nodejs/pure/yarn-lock/default.nix
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
       # extraArgs
       name,
-      dev,
+      noDev,
       optional,
       peer,
       ...
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
     let
       b = builtins;
+      dev = ! noDev;
       yarnLock = utils.readTextFile "${lib.elemAt inputDirectories 0}/yarn.lock";
       packageJSON = b.fromJSON (b.readFile "${lib.elemAt inputDirectories 0}/package.json");
       parser = import ../yarn-lock/parser.nix { inherit lib; inherit (externals) nix-parsec;};
@@ -225,8 +226,8 @@
       type = "argument";
     };
 
-    dev = {
-      description = "Whether to include development dependencies";
+    noDev = {
+      description = "Whether to exclude development dependencies";
       type = "flag";
     };