diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/node/Dockerfile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/node/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index e53fb5049..000000000
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/node/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-FROM node:7.10-slim
-
-RUN mkdir -p /app
-
-COPY ./package.json /app
-
-WORKDIR /app
-
-RUN npm install && npm cache clean
-
-ENV PATH ./node_modules/.bin/:$PATH
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
index ed16120fa..a7e25faec 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/local.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ services:
   node:
     build:
       context: .
-      dockerfile: ./compose/node/Dockerfile
+      dockerfile: ./compose/node/Dockerfile-dev
     volumes:
       - .:/app
       # http://jdlm.info/articles/2016/03/06/lessons-building-node-app-docker.html
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/production.yml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/production.yml
index 42aa1a62a..677bf84f3 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/production.yml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/production.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,3 @@ services:
       - redis
     command: celery -A {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.taskapp beat -l INFO
 {% endif %}
-
-  node:
-    extends:
-      service: node
-      file: ./dev.yml
-    ports: []