diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/index.html b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/index.html
index 107b8eb69cc..75a5db817ed 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/index.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/largetable/render3/index.html
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   </div>
 
   <script>
+    // TODO(mlaval): remove once we have a proper solution
+    ngDevMode = false;
     var mainUrl = window.location.search.split(/[?&]main=([^&]+)/)[1]
       || '../../bootstrap_ng2.js';
     document.write('<script src="' + mainUrl + '">\u003c/script>');
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/index.html b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/index.html
index 0b55e523e9f..a9200438b59 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/index.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3/index.html
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
   </div>
 
   <script>
+    // TODO(mlaval): remove once we have a proper solution
+    ngDevMode = false;
     var mainUrl = window.location.search.split(/[?&]main=([^&]+)/)[1]
       || '../../bootstrap_ng2.js';
     document.write('<script src="' + mainUrl + '">\u003c/script>');
diff --git a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3_function/index.html b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3_function/index.html
index 77a029dda7f..d71594cf186 100644
--- a/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3_function/index.html
+++ b/modules/benchmarks/src/tree/render3_function/index.html
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
   </div>
 
   <script>
+    // TODO(mlaval): remove once we have a proper solution
+    ngDevMode = false;
     var mainUrl = window.location.search.split(/[?&]main=([^&]+)/)[1]
       || '../../bootstrap_ng2.js';
     document.write('<script src="' + mainUrl + '">\u003c/script>');