diff --git a/excalidraw-app/collab/Collab.tsx b/excalidraw-app/collab/Collab.tsx
index 0964a7365..f10783f40 100644
--- a/excalidraw-app/collab/Collab.tsx
+++ b/excalidraw-app/collab/Collab.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import { t } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/i18n";
 import { withBatchedUpdates } from "@excalidraw/excalidraw/reactUtils";
 import {
   assertNever,
+  isDevEnv,
   preventUnload,
   resolvablePromise,
   throttleRAF,
@@ -240,7 +241,7 @@ class Collab extends PureComponent<CollabProps, CollabState> {
 
     appJotaiStore.set(collabAPIAtom, collabAPI);
 
-    if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || import.meta.env.DEV) {
+    if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || isDevEnv()) {
       window.collab = window.collab || ({} as Window["collab"]);
       Object.defineProperties(window, {
         collab: {
@@ -1013,7 +1014,7 @@ declare global {
   }
 }
 
-if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || import.meta.env.DEV) {
+if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || isDevEnv()) {
   window.collab = window.collab || ({} as Window["collab"]);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/change.ts b/packages/excalidraw/change.ts
index 206f3dcc7..1afc6107a 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/change.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/change.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
   arrayToMap,
   arrayToObject,
   assertNever,
+  isDevEnv,
   isShallowEqual,
   toBrandedType,
 } from "./utils";
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ export class AppStateChange implements Change<AppState> {
       // shouldn't really happen, but just in case
       console.error(`Couldn't apply appstate change`, e);
 
-      if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+      if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
         throw e;
       }
 
@@ -552,7 +553,7 @@ export class AppStateChange implements Change<AppState> {
       // if postprocessing fails it does not make sense to bubble up, but let's make sure we know about it
       console.error(`Couldn't postprocess appstate change deltas.`);
 
-      if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+      if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
         throw e;
       }
     } finally {
@@ -842,7 +843,7 @@ export class ElementsChange implements Change<SceneElementsMap> {
       change = new ElementsChange(added, removed, updated);
     }
 
-    if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+    if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
       ElementsChange.validate(change, "added", this.satisfiesAddition);
       ElementsChange.validate(change, "removed", this.satisfiesRemoval);
       ElementsChange.validate(change, "updated", this.satisfiesUpdate);
@@ -1106,7 +1107,7 @@ export class ElementsChange implements Change<SceneElementsMap> {
     } catch (e) {
       console.error(`Couldn't apply elements change`, e);
 
-      if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+      if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
         throw e;
       }
 
@@ -1137,7 +1138,7 @@ export class ElementsChange implements Change<SceneElementsMap> {
         e,
       );
 
-      if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+      if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
         throw e;
       }
     } finally {
@@ -1551,7 +1552,7 @@ export class ElementsChange implements Change<SceneElementsMap> {
       // if postprocessing fails, it does not make sense to bubble up, but let's make sure we know about it
       console.error(`Couldn't postprocess elements change deltas.`);
 
-      if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+      if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
         throw e;
       }
     } finally {
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
index 8239493ba..a380d9cea 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/components/App.tsx
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ import {
   getDateTime,
   isShallowEqual,
   arrayToMap,
+  isDevEnv,
 } from "../utils";
 import {
   createSrcDoc,
@@ -2434,7 +2435,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<AppProps, AppState> {
     this.excalidrawContainerValue.container =
       this.excalidrawContainerRef.current;
 
-    if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || import.meta.env.DEV) {
+    if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || isDevEnv()) {
       const setState = this.setState.bind(this);
       Object.defineProperties(window.h, {
         state: {
@@ -11060,7 +11061,7 @@ declare global {
 }
 
 export const createTestHook = () => {
-  if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || import.meta.env.DEV) {
+  if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || isDevEnv()) {
     window.h = window.h || ({} as Window["h"]);
 
     Object.defineProperties(window.h, {
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/data/reconcile.ts b/packages/excalidraw/data/reconcile.ts
index ef644c3aa..044d3f645 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/data/reconcile.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/data/reconcile.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import {
   syncInvalidIndices,
   validateFractionalIndices,
 } from "../fractionalIndex";
-import { arrayToMap } from "../utils";
+import { arrayToMap, isDevEnv } from "../utils";
 
 import type { OrderedExcalidrawElement } from "../element/types";
 import type { AppState } from "../types";
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const validateIndicesThrottled = throttle(
     remoteElements: readonly RemoteExcalidrawElement[],
   ) => {
     if (
-      import.meta.env.DEV ||
+      isDevEnv() ||
       import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST ||
       window?.DEBUG_FRACTIONAL_INDICES
     ) {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const validateIndicesThrottled = throttle(
 
       validateFractionalIndices(elements, {
         // throw in dev & test only, to remain functional on `DEBUG_FRACTIONAL_INDICES`
-        shouldThrow: import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST,
+        shouldThrow: isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST,
         includeBoundTextValidation: true,
         reconciliationContext: {
           localElements,
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWrapping.ts b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWrapping.ts
index 5df7051c0..08a30039c 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWrapping.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWrapping.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { ENV } from "../constants";
+import { isDevEnv } from "../utils";
 
 import { charWidth, getLineWidth } from "./textMeasurements";
 
@@ -562,7 +563,7 @@ const isSingleCharacter = (maybeSingleCharacter: string) => {
  * Invariant for the word wrapping algorithm.
  */
 const satisfiesWordInvariant = (word: string) => {
-  if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || import.meta.env.DEV) {
+  if (import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST || isDevEnv()) {
     if (/\s/.test(word)) {
       throw new Error("Word should not contain any whitespaces!");
     }
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/scene/Scene.ts b/packages/excalidraw/scene/Scene.ts
index 0eab8b80e..6f711c8dd 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/scene/Scene.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/scene/Scene.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 } from "../fractionalIndex";
 import { getElementsInGroup } from "../groups";
 import { randomInteger } from "../random";
-import { arrayToMap } from "../utils";
+import { arrayToMap, isDevEnv } from "../utils";
 import { toBrandedType } from "../utils";
 
 import { getSelectedElements } from "./selection";
@@ -58,13 +58,13 @@ const getNonDeletedElements = <T extends ExcalidrawElement>(
 const validateIndicesThrottled = throttle(
   (elements: readonly ExcalidrawElement[]) => {
     if (
-      import.meta.env.DEV ||
+      isDevEnv() ||
       import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST ||
       window?.DEBUG_FRACTIONAL_INDICES
     ) {
       validateFractionalIndices(elements, {
         // throw only in dev & test, to remain functional on `DEBUG_FRACTIONAL_INDICES`
-        shouldThrow: import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST,
+        shouldThrow: isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST,
         includeBoundTextValidation: true,
       });
     }
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/store.ts b/packages/excalidraw/store.ts
index 1723d0aa1..148786577 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/store.ts
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/store.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { AppStateChange, ElementsChange } from "./change";
 import { ENV } from "./constants";
 import { newElementWith } from "./element/mutateElement";
 import { Emitter } from "./emitter";
-import { isShallowEqual } from "./utils";
+import { isDevEnv, isShallowEqual } from "./utils";
 
 import { deepCopyElement } from "./element/duplicate";
 
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ export class Store implements IStore {
       const message = `There can be at most three store actions scheduled at the same time, but there are "${this.scheduledActions.size}".`;
       console.error(message, this.scheduledActions.values());
 
-      if (import.meta.env.DEV || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
+      if (isDevEnv() || import.meta.env.MODE === ENV.TEST) {
         throw new Error(message);
       }
     }