diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 60b3780169eb..17f4e2307cc3 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     testUtilsDir: __dirname + '/test/utils',
     bowerComponentsDir: __dirname + '/src/kibana/bower_components',
 
+    devPlugins: 'vis_details_spy',
+
     meta: {
       banner: '/*! <%= package.name %> - v<%= package.version %> - ' +
         '<%= grunt.template.today("yyyy-mm-dd") %>\n' +
@@ -33,7 +35,10 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
   grunt.config.merge(config);
 
   var dirname = require('path').dirname;
-  var indexFiles = grunt.file.expand({ cwd: 'src/kibana/plugins' }, '*/index.js');
+  var indexFiles = grunt.file.expand({ cwd: 'src/kibana/plugins' }, [
+    '*/index.js',
+    '!' + config.devPlugins + '/index.js'
+  ]);
   var moduleIds = indexFiles.map(function (fileName) {
     return 'plugins/' + dirname(fileName) + '/index';
   });
diff --git a/tasks/build.js b/tasks/build.js
index 04dc57322362..e760555c4a15 100644
--- a/tasks/build.js
+++ b/tasks/build.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
     'require_css_deps:copy',
     'less',
     'copy:kibana_src',
+    'clean:dev_only_plugins',
     'touch_config',
     'replace:build_props',
     'requirejs',
diff --git a/tasks/config/clean.js b/tasks/config/clean.js
index b4dcba2e454f..b5d73930c8bf 100644
--- a/tasks/config/clean.js
+++ b/tasks/config/clean.js
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ module.exports = function (grunt) {
         '<%= build %>/kibana/public/**/*.less',
         '<%= build %>/kibana/public/config',
         '<%= build %>/kibana/public/{css-builder,normalize}.js',
-        '<%= app %>/public/{css-builder,normalize}.js',
+        '<%= app %>/public/{css-builder,normalize}.js'
       ]
-    }
+    },
+    dev_only_plugins: '<%= build %>/src/plugins/<%= devPlugins %>'
   };
 };