diff --git a/webpack/library-bundle.ts b/webpack/library-bundle.ts
index a821e511f2..b7dd4436ab 100644
--- a/webpack/library-bundle.ts
+++ b/webpack/library-bundle.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
  * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
  */
 import MiniCssExtractPlugin from "mini-css-extract-plugin";
-import nodeExternals from "webpack-node-externals";
 import { platform } from "os";
 import path from "path";
 import type { WebpackPluginInstance } from "webpack";
 import { DefinePlugin, optimize } from "webpack";
-import { main, renderer } from "./library";
+import main from "./main";
+import renderer from "./renderer";
 import { buildDir } from "./vars";
 import CircularDependencyPlugin from "circular-dependency-plugin";
 import ForkTsCheckerPlugin from "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin";
 
 const config = [
   {
-    ...main,
+    ...main(),
     entry: {
       main: path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "src", "main", "library.ts"),
     },
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ const config = [
         CONTEXT_MATCHER_FOR_NON_FEATURES: `/\\.injectable(\\.${platform})?\\.tsx?$/`,
         CONTEXT_MATCHER_FOR_FEATURES: `/\\/(main|common)\\/.+\\.injectable(\\.${platform})?\\.tsx?$/`,
       }),
-      new ForkTsCheckerPlugin(),
       new CircularDependencyPlugin({
         cwd: __dirname,
         exclude: /node_modules/,
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ const config = [
     ],
   },
   {
-    ...renderer,
+    ...renderer({ showVars: false }),
     entry: {
       common: path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "src", "common", "library.ts"),
     },
@@ -55,9 +54,6 @@ const config = [
     optimization: {
       minimize: false,
     },
-    externals: [
-      nodeExternals(),
-    ],
     plugins: [
       new ForkTsCheckerPlugin(),
       new CircularDependencyPlugin({
@@ -68,7 +64,7 @@ const config = [
     ],
   },
   {
-    ...renderer,
+    ...renderer({ showVars: false }),
     name: "lens-app-common",
     entry: {
       renderer: path.resolve(__dirname, "..", "src", "renderer", "library.ts"),
@@ -82,9 +78,6 @@ const config = [
     optimization: {
       minimize: false,
     },
-    externals: [
-      nodeExternals(),
-    ],
     plugins: [
       new DefinePlugin({
         CONTEXT_MATCHER_FOR_NON_FEATURES: `/\\.injectable(\\.${platform})?\\.tsx?$/`,
diff --git a/webpack/library.ts b/webpack/library.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 164d521275..0000000000
--- a/webpack/library.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-import path from "path";
-import type webpack from "webpack";
-import nodeExternals from "webpack-node-externals";
-import MonacoWebpackPlugin from "monaco-editor-webpack-plugin";
-import getTypeScriptLoader from "./get-typescript-loader";
-import rendererConfig, { iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./renderer";
-import { assetsFolderName, buildDir, htmlTemplate, isDevelopment, mainDir, publicPath } from "./vars";
-import HtmlWebpackPlugin from "html-webpack-plugin";
-import MiniCssExtractPlugin from "mini-css-extract-plugin";
-
-const defaultRendererConfig = rendererConfig({ showVars: false });
-
-const renderer: webpack.Configuration = ({
-  ...defaultRendererConfig,
-  plugins: [
-    // see also: https://github.com/Microsoft/monaco-editor-webpack-plugin#options
-    new MonacoWebpackPlugin({
-      // publicPath: "/",
-      // filename: "[name].worker.js",
-      languages: ["json", "yaml"],
-      globalAPI: isDevelopment,
-    }),
-    new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
-      filename: "index.html",
-      template: htmlTemplate,
-      inject: true,
-      hash: true,
-      templateParameters: {
-        assetPath: `${publicPath}${assetsFolderName}`,
-      },
-    }),
-    new MiniCssExtractPlugin({
-      filename: "[name].css",
-    }),
-  ],
-});
-
-const main: webpack.Configuration = ({
-  name: "lens-app-main",
-  context: __dirname,
-  target: "electron-main",
-  mode: isDevelopment ? "development" : "production",
-  devtool: isDevelopment ? "cheap-module-source-map" : "source-map",
-  cache: isDevelopment ? { type: "filesystem" } : false,
-  entry: {
-    main: path.resolve(mainDir, "index.ts"),
-  },
-  output: {
-    libraryTarget: "global",
-    path: buildDir,
-  },
-  optimization: {
-    minimize: false,
-  },
-  resolve: {
-    extensions: [".json", ".js", ".ts"],
-  },
-  externals: [
-    nodeExternals(),
-  ],
-  module: {
-    parser: {
-      javascript: {
-        commonjsMagicComments: true,
-      },
-    },
-    rules: [
-      {
-        test: /\.node$/,
-        use: "node-loader",
-      },
-      getTypeScriptLoader({}, /\.ts$/),
-      ...iconsAndImagesWebpackRules(),
-    ],
-  },
-  plugins: [],
-});
-
-export {
-  main,
-  renderer,
-};
diff --git a/webpack/main.ts b/webpack/main.ts
index 1c92fba748..a57e9ccd9c 100755
--- a/webpack/main.ts
+++ b/webpack/main.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import { DefinePlugin } from "webpack";
 import { buildDir, isDevelopment, mainDir } from "./vars";
 import { platform } from "process";
 
-const configs: { (): webpack.Configuration }[] = [];
-
-configs.push((): webpack.Configuration => {
-  console.info("WEBPACK:main", {
-    isDevelopment,
-    mainDir,
-    buildDir,
-  });
+const main = ({ showVars = true } = {}): webpack.Configuration => {
+  if (showVars) {
+    console.info("WEBPACK:main", {
+      isDevelopment,
+      mainDir,
+      buildDir,
+    });
+  }
 
   return {
     name: "lens-app-main",
@@ -72,6 +72,6 @@ configs.push((): webpack.Configuration => {
       }) as unknown as WebpackPluginInstance,
     ],
   };
-});
+};
 
-export default configs;
+export default main;