diff --git a/lib/common/options.js b/lib/common/options.js
index 90a3b1fa98..1d89687b1b 100644
--- a/lib/common/options.js
+++ b/lib/common/options.js
@@ -183,6 +183,10 @@ Options.from = function (_options) {
     options.build.optimization.splitChunks.name = true
   }
 
+  if (options.build.stats === 'none') {
+    options.build.stats = false
+  }
+
   // TODO: remove when mini-css-extract-plugin supports HMR
   if (options.dev) {
     options.build.extractCSS = false
diff --git a/test/unit/basic.dev.test.js b/test/unit/basic.dev.test.js
index 23de0eb47b..151f1a01b9 100644
--- a/test/unit/basic.dev.test.js
+++ b/test/unit/basic.dev.test.js
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@ let nuxt = null
 
 describe('basic dev', () => {
   beforeAll(async () => {
-    const config = loadFixture('basic', { buildDir: '.nuxt-dev' })
-    config.dev = true
+    const config = loadFixture('basic', {
+      dev: true,
+      buildDir: '.nuxt-dev',
+      build: {
+        stats: 'none'
+      }
+    })
     nuxt = new Nuxt(config)
     new Builder(nuxt).build()
     port = await getPort()
diff --git a/test/utils/build.js b/test/utils/build.js
index d85462863d..440124b9b6 100644
--- a/test/utils/build.js
+++ b/test/utils/build.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export const buildFixture = function buildFixture(fixture) {
       test: true,
       minimalCLI: true,
       build: {
-        stats: false
+        stats: 'errors-only'
       }
     })
     const nuxt = new Nuxt(config)