diff --git a/gulp/sass.js b/gulp/sass.js
index 0e44db99b5..e892cb17ae 100644
--- a/gulp/sass.js
+++ b/gulp/sass.js
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ const postcssCopyAssets = require("postcss-copy-assets");
 const postcssImport = require("postcss-import");
 const postcssUrl = require("postcss-url");
 
+const PROD_MODE = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
+
 module.exports = (gulp, plugins, blueprint) => {
     const path = require("path");
     const COPYRIGHT_HEADER = require("./util/text").COPYRIGHT_HEADER;
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ module.exports = (gulp, plugins, blueprint) => {
 
         const postcssOptions = {
             to : blueprint.destPath(project, "dist.css"),
+            map: { inline: !PROD_MODE },
         };
         const postcssPlugins = [
             // inline all imports
@@ -73,13 +76,13 @@ module.exports = (gulp, plugins, blueprint) => {
         ];
 
         return gulp.src(config.srcGlob(project, true))
-            .pipe(plugins.sourcemaps.init())
+            .pipe(PROD_MODE ? plugins.util.noop() : plugins.sourcemaps.init())
             .pipe(sassCompiler)
             .pipe(plugins.postcss(postcssPlugins, postcssOptions))
             .pipe(plugins.stripCssComments({ preserve: /^\*/ }))
             .pipe(plugins.replace(/\n{3,}/g, "\n\n"))
             // see https://github.com/floridoo/vinyl-sourcemaps-apply/issues/11#issuecomment-231220574
-            .pipe(plugins.sourcemaps.write(undefined, { sourceRoot: null }))
+            .pipe(PROD_MODE ? plugins.util.noop() : plugins.sourcemaps.write(undefined, { sourceRoot: null }))
             .pipe(blueprint.dest(project))
             .pipe(plugins.connect.reload());
     });
diff --git a/gulp/util/webpack-config.js b/gulp/util/webpack-config.js
index 67549d7e0c..f6859a072c 100644
--- a/gulp/util/webpack-config.js
+++ b/gulp/util/webpack-config.js
@@ -9,10 +9,11 @@ const camelCase = require("lodash/camelCase");
 const upperFirst = require("lodash/upperFirst");
 const webpack = require("webpack");
 
+const PROD_MODE = process.env.NODE_ENV === "production";
 const globalName = (id) => upperFirst(camelCase(id));
 
 const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
-    devtool: "source-map",
+    devtool: PROD_MODE ? undefined : "source-map",
     resolve: { extensions: ["", ".js"] },
     plugins: [
         new webpack.DefinePlugin({
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ const DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
 
 // Default webpack config options with support for TypeScript files
 const TYPESCRIPT_CONFIG = {
-    devtool: "source-map",
+    devtool: PROD_MODE ? undefined : "source-map",
     resolve: { extensions: ["", ".js", ".ts", ".tsx"] },
     ts: {
         // do not emit declarations since we are bundling
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9553e3b0de..6053ffb63a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
   "scripts": {
     "bootstrap": "lerna bootstrap",
     "build:landing": "(cd packages/landing; npm run build)",
-    "build:gulp": "NODE_ENV='\"production\"' gulp build",
-    "build:site": "npm-run-all build:gulp build:landing copy:docs copy:landing",
-    "copy:docs": "cp -r packages/docs/dist docs/docs",
-    "copy:landing": "cp -r packages/landing/dist/* docs/.",
+    "build:gulp": "NODE_ENV='production' gulp build",
+    "build:site": "npm-run-all build:gulp build:landing clean:docs copy:docs copy:landing",
+    "clean:docs": "rm -rf docs && git checkout docs/CNAME",
+    "copy:docs": "cp -rf packages/docs/dist docs/docs",
+    "copy:landing": "cp -rf packages/landing/dist/* docs/.",
     "serve": "http-server docs"
   },
   "dependencies": {