diff --git a/packages/kbn-manifest/kibana.jsonc b/packages/kbn-manifest/kibana.jsonc
index 27f2d95e65501..b6ce7ae0c2862 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-manifest/kibana.jsonc
+++ b/packages/kbn-manifest/kibana.jsonc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "type": "shared-server",
   "id": "@kbn/manifest",
-  "owner": "@elastic/kibana-core"
+  "owner": "@elastic/kibana-core",
+  "devOnly": true
 }