diff --git a/paper-api/pom.xml b/paper-api/pom.xml
index 1193e5a8b..27b500de6 100644
--- a/paper-api/pom.xml
+++ b/paper-api/pom.xml
@@ -110,26 +110,6 @@
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-                <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.16</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <phase>process-classes</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>check</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <signature>
-                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>java16</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.1</version>
-                    </signature>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -149,4 +129,34 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>development</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.16</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <phase>process-classes</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>check</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <signature>
+                                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo.signature</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>java16</artifactId>
+                                <version>1.1</version>
+                            </signature>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>