diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 7c566efd9dd..168a443bd95 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ group("dart2wasm_platform") {
   deps = [
     ":runtime_precompiled",
     "utils/dart2wasm:compile_dart2wasm_platform",
-    "utils/dart2wasm:dart2wasm_asserts_snapshot",
     "utils/dart2wasm:dart2wasm_snapshot",
   ]
+  if (defined(is_product) && !is_product) {
+    deps += [ "utils/dart2wasm:dart2wasm_asserts_snapshot" ]
+  }
 }
 
 group("dart2wasm") {