diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/index.ts b/packages/nitro/src/index.ts
index 19f20170df..80e6fbf074 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/index.ts
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ export default <Module> function slsModule () {
   const options = getoptions(nuxt.options, nuxt.options.serverless || {})
 
   // Tune webpack config
-  nuxt.options.build._minifyServer = options.minify !== false
-  nuxt.options.build.standalone = true
+  nuxt.options.build._minifyServer = false
+  nuxt.options.build.standalone = false
 
   // Tune generator
   nuxt.options.generate.crawler = false
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/targets/node.ts b/packages/nitro/src/targets/node.ts
index 71025fd15a..c3bd71724d 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/targets/node.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/targets/node.ts
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ import { SLSTarget } from '../config'
 export const node: SLSTarget = {
   entry: '{{ runtimeDir }}/targets/node',
   outName: 'index.js',
-  inlineChunks: false
+  inlineChunks: false,
+  minify: true
 }