diff --git a/lib/common/nuxt.config.js b/lib/common/nuxt.config.js
index a596bfcc51..e8c6b196d0 100644
--- a/lib/common/nuxt.config.js
+++ b/lib/common/nuxt.config.js
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export default {
     bundleRenderer: {
       shouldPrefetch: () => false
     },
-    resourceHints: true,
+    resourceHints: undefined,
     ssr: undefined,
     http2: {
       push: false,
diff --git a/lib/common/options.mjs b/lib/common/options.mjs
index 1b4f3fdc94..2713612164 100644
--- a/lib/common/options.mjs
+++ b/lib/common/options.mjs
@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ Options.from = function (_options) {
     options.debug = options.dev
   }
 
+  // Resource hints
+  if (options.render.resourceHints === undefined) {
+    options.render.resourceHints = !options.dev
+  }
+
   // Normalize ignore
   options.ignore = options.ignore ? [].concat(options.ignore) : []