diff --git a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go
index 3fdeb5da..df452d1f 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go
+++ b/v2/cmd/wails/internal/commands/dev/dev.go
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func generateBuildOptions(flags devFlags) *build.Options {
 		OutputType:     "dev",
 		Mode:           build.Dev,
 		Arch:           runtime.GOARCH,
-		Pack:           false,
+		Pack:           true,
 		Platform:       runtime.GOOS,
 		LDFlags:        flags.ldflags,
 		Compiler:       flags.compilerCommand,
@@ -287,10 +287,7 @@ func generateBuildOptions(flags devFlags) *build.Options {
 		Verbosity:      flags.verbosity,
 		WailsJSDir:     flags.wailsjsdir,
 	}
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "darwin":
-		result.Pack = false
-	}
+
 	return result
 }
 
diff --git a/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go b/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go
index 9af037bc..f0197e56 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/commands/build/build.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/wailsapp/wails/v2/internal/fs"
 
@@ -212,16 +211,6 @@ func Build(options *Options) (string, error) {
 
 	result := options.CompiledBinary
 
-	if options.Pack && options.Platform == "darwin" {
-		sr := strings.Split(result, "/")
-		for i := len(sr) - 1; i >= 0; i-- {
-			if strings.Contains(sr[i], ".app") {
-				result = strings.Join(sr[:i+1], "/")
-				break
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	return result, nil
 
 }