diff --git a/electron-builder.yml b/electron-builder.yml
index b55841aa7d..5824581241 100644
--- a/electron-builder.yml
+++ b/electron-builder.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ files:
   - generated
   - lib/shared/catalina-sudo/sudo-askpass.osascript-zh.js
   - lib/shared/catalina-sudo/sudo-askpass.osascript-en.js
-extraResources:
-  - generated/etcher-util
 mac:
   icon: assets/icon.icns
   category: public.app-category.developer-tools
diff --git a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
index ae3c41ff47..07a39a1192 100644
--- a/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
+++ b/lib/gui/app/modules/image-writer.ts
@@ -92,10 +92,8 @@ function terminateServer() {
 	ipc.server.stop();
 }
 
-// to test in development mode, add `'generated'` in the path before `'etcher-util'`
 function writerArgv(): string[] {
-	// let entryPoint = path.join(getAppPath(), 'etcher-util');
-	let entryPoint = process.resourcesPath;
+	let entryPoint = path.join(getAppPath(), 'generated', 'etcher-util');
 	// AppImages run over FUSE, so the files inside the mount point
 	// can only be accessed by the user that mounted the AppImage.
 	// This means we can't re-spawn Etcher as root from the same