diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index c37b5cc41f..2695b31506 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ Options -Indexes
     # Skip redirect for `client` dir.
     RewriteRule ^client/ - [L]
 
+# {#dev}
     # Skip redirect for `node_modules` dir. Actual only for dev environment.
     RewriteRule ^node_modules/ - [L]
+# {/dev}
 
     # Store base path.
     RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}::$1 ^(.*?/)(.*)::\2$
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 1187fc7a90..570ea7a9fc 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -272,8 +272,25 @@ module.exports = grunt => {
                         dest: 'build/tmp/application/Espo/Resources/defaults/config.php',
                     }
                 ],
-            }
+            },
+            dev: {
+                options: {
+                    patterns: [
+                        {
+                            match: /\# \{\#dev\}(.*)\{\/dev\}/gs,
+                            replacement: '',
+                        }
+                    ]
+                },
+                files: [
+                    {
+                        src: 'build/tmp/.htaccess',
+                        dest: 'build/tmp/.htaccess',
+                    }
+                ],
+            },
         },
+
     });
 
     grunt.registerTask('chmod-folders', () => {