diff --git a/cli/args/flags.rs b/cli/args/flags.rs
index 4806481204f9cb..936cc581280384 100644
--- a/cli/args/flags.rs
+++ b/cli/args/flags.rs
@@ -345,16 +345,12 @@ pub enum InstallFlagsLocal {
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct InstallTopLevelFlags {
   pub lockfile_only: bool,
-  pub production: bool,
-  pub skip_types: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
 pub struct InstallEntrypointsFlags {
   pub entrypoints: Vec<String>,
   pub lockfile_only: bool,
-  pub production: bool,
-  pub skip_types: bool,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
@@ -3592,23 +3588,6 @@ These must be added to the path manually if required."), UnstableArgsConfig::Res
             .conflicts_with("global"),
         )
         .arg(lockfile_only_arg().conflicts_with("global"))
-        .arg(
-          Arg::new("prod")
-            .long("prod")
-            .alias("production")
-            .help("Only install production dependencies (excludes devDependencies)")
-            .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-            .conflicts_with("global")
-            .conflicts_with("dev"),
-        )
-        .arg(
-          Arg::new("skip-types")
-            .long("skip-types")
-            .help(cstr!("Exclude @types/* packages from installation.
-<y>Be careful, as it uses a name-based heuristic and may skip packages that ship runtime code.</>"))
-            .action(ArgAction::SetTrue)
-            .requires("prod"),
-        )
     })
 }
 
@@ -6792,16 +6771,12 @@ fn install_parse(
     return Ok(());
   }
   let lockfile_only = matches.get_flag("lockfile-only");
-  let production = matches.get_flag("prod");
-  let skip_types = matches.get_flag("skip-types");
   if matches.get_flag("entrypoint") {
     let entrypoints = matches.remove_many::<String>("cmd").unwrap_or_default();
     flags.subcommand = DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
       InstallFlagsLocal::Entrypoints(InstallEntrypointsFlags {
         entrypoints: entrypoints.collect(),
         lockfile_only,
-        production,
-        skip_types,
       }),
     ));
   } else if let Some(add_files) = matches
@@ -6820,11 +6795,7 @@ fn install_parse(
     ))
   } else {
     flags.subcommand = DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
-      InstallFlagsLocal::TopLevel(InstallTopLevelFlags {
-        lockfile_only,
-        production,
-        skip_types,
-      }),
+      InstallFlagsLocal::TopLevel(InstallTopLevelFlags { lockfile_only }),
     ));
   }
   Ok(())
@@ -14356,92 +14327,6 @@ mod tests {
     );
   }
 
-  #[test]
-  fn install_production() {
-    let r = flags_from_vec(svec!["deno", "install", "--prod"]);
-    assert_eq!(
-      r.unwrap(),
-      Flags {
-        subcommand: DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
-          InstallFlagsLocal::TopLevel(InstallTopLevelFlags {
-            lockfile_only: false,
-            production: true,
-            skip_types: false,
-          })
-        )),
-        ..Flags::default()
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn install_production_with_entrypoint() {
-    let r = flags_from_vec(svec![
-      "deno",
-      "install",
-      "--prod",
-      "--entrypoint",
-      "main.ts"
-    ]);
-    assert_eq!(
-      r.unwrap(),
-      Flags {
-        subcommand: DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
-          InstallFlagsLocal::Entrypoints(InstallEntrypointsFlags {
-            entrypoints: svec!["main.ts"],
-            lockfile_only: false,
-            production: true,
-            skip_types: false,
-          })
-        )),
-        ..Flags::default()
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn install_production_with_skip_types() {
-    let r = flags_from_vec(svec!["deno", "install", "--prod", "--skip-types"]);
-    assert_eq!(
-      r.unwrap(),
-      Flags {
-        subcommand: DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
-          InstallFlagsLocal::TopLevel(InstallTopLevelFlags {
-            lockfile_only: false,
-            production: true,
-            skip_types: true,
-          })
-        )),
-        ..Flags::default()
-      }
-    );
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn install_skip_types_requires_prod() {
-    let r = flags_from_vec(svec!["deno", "install", "--skip-types"]);
-    assert!(r.is_err());
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn install_production_conflicts_with_global() {
-    let r = flags_from_vec(svec![
-      "deno",
-      "install",
-      "--prod",
-      "--global",
-      "jsr:@std/http/file-server"
-    ]);
-    assert!(r.is_err());
-  }
-
-  #[test]
-  fn install_production_conflicts_with_dev() {
-    let r =
-      flags_from_vec(svec!["deno", "install", "--prod", "--dev", "npm:chalk"]);
-    assert!(r.is_err());
-  }
-
   #[test]
   fn jupyter_unstable_flags() {
     let r = flags_from_vec(svec![
diff --git a/cli/args/mod.rs b/cli/args/mod.rs
index d81367d92dcb85..1ff136d56714cf 100644
--- a/cli/args/mod.rs
+++ b/cli/args/mod.rs
@@ -546,9 +546,6 @@ impl CliOptions {
       DenoSubcommand::Add(_) => GraphKind::All,
       DenoSubcommand::Cache(_) => GraphKind::All,
       DenoSubcommand::Check(_) => GraphKind::TypesOnly,
-      DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
-        InstallFlagsLocal::Entrypoints(flags),
-      )) if flags.production => GraphKind::CodeOnly,
       DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(_)) => GraphKind::All,
       _ => self.type_check_mode().as_graph_kind(),
     }
diff --git a/cli/factory.rs b/cli/factory.rs
index 3ce48d497e6e0d..1fcdf6d7d1a4d0 100644
--- a/cli/factory.rs
+++ b/cli/factory.rs
@@ -653,26 +653,6 @@ impl CliFactory {
           ),
           caching_strategy: cli_options.default_npm_caching_strategy(),
           lifecycle_scripts_config: cli_options.lifecycle_scripts_config(),
-          production: match cli_options.sub_command() {
-            DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(flags)) => {
-              match flags {
-                InstallFlagsLocal::TopLevel(f) => f.production,
-                InstallFlagsLocal::Entrypoints(f) => f.production,
-                InstallFlagsLocal::Add(_) => false,
-              }
-            }
-            _ => false,
-          },
-          skip_types: match cli_options.sub_command() {
-            DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(flags)) => {
-              match flags {
-                InstallFlagsLocal::TopLevel(f) => f.skip_types,
-                InstallFlagsLocal::Entrypoints(f) => f.skip_types,
-                InstallFlagsLocal::Add(_) => false,
-              }
-            }
-            _ => false,
-          },
           resolve_npm_resolution_snapshot: Box::new(|| {
             deno_lib::args::resolve_npm_resolution_snapshot(&CliSys::default())
           }),
diff --git a/cli/lib.rs b/cli/lib.rs
index 8fb4aa1b6ac9b2..9059464b5297ec 100644
--- a/cli/lib.rs
+++ b/cli/lib.rs
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ async fn run_subcommand(
         self::args::InstallEntrypointsFlags {
           entrypoints: cache_flags.files,
           lockfile_only: false,
-          production: false,
-          skip_types: false,
         },
       )
       .await
diff --git a/cli/lsp/config.rs b/cli/lsp/config.rs
index c4faa1f47ff904..694e377ab70ce3 100644
--- a/cli/lsp/config.rs
+++ b/cli/lsp/config.rs
@@ -1497,8 +1497,6 @@ impl ConfigData {
         cache_setting: NpmCacheSetting::Use,
         caching_strategy: NpmCachingStrategy::Eager,
         lifecycle_scripts_config: LifecycleScriptsConfig::default(),
-        production: false,
-        skip_types: false,
         resolve_npm_resolution_snapshot: Box::new(|| Ok(None)),
       },
     );
diff --git a/cli/tools/installer/global.rs b/cli/tools/installer/global.rs
index 244b82d864a53d..6a52949b71b505 100644
--- a/cli/tools/installer/global.rs
+++ b/cli/tools/installer/global.rs
@@ -517,8 +517,6 @@ async fn setup_config_dir(
   let entrypoint_flags = InstallEntrypointsFlags {
     lockfile_only: false,
     entrypoints: vec![bin_name_and_url.module_url.to_string()],
-    production: false,
-    skip_types: false,
   };
   new_flags.subcommand = DenoSubcommand::Install(InstallFlags::Local(
     InstallFlagsLocal::Entrypoints(entrypoint_flags.clone()),
diff --git a/libs/npm_installer/factory.rs b/libs/npm_installer/factory.rs
index c5afb3e8ee6247..482e0755c03e31 100644
--- a/libs/npm_installer/factory.rs
+++ b/libs/npm_installer/factory.rs
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ pub struct NpmInstallerFactoryOptions {
   pub caching_strategy: NpmCachingStrategy,
   pub clean_on_install: bool,
   pub lifecycle_scripts_config: LifecycleScriptsConfig,
-  /// Only install production dependencies (excludes devDependencies).
-  pub production: bool,
-  /// Exclude @types/* packages from installation.
-  pub skip_types: bool,
   /// Resolves the npm resolution snapshot from the environment.
   pub resolve_npm_resolution_snapshot: ResolveNpmResolutionSnapshotFn,
 }
@@ -366,8 +362,6 @@ impl<
             npm_cache.clone(),
             Arc::new(NpmInstallDepsProvider::from_workspace(
               &workspace_factory.workspace_directory()?.workspace,
-              self.options.production,
-              self.options.skip_types,
             )),
             registry_info_provider.clone(),
             self.resolver_factory.npm_resolution().clone(),
diff --git a/libs/npm_installer/package_json.rs b/libs/npm_installer/package_json.rs
index 12b9e1d377627f..631c3ca097092d 100644
--- a/libs/npm_installer/package_json.rs
+++ b/libs/npm_installer/package_json.rs
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ impl NpmInstallDepsProvider {
     Self::default()
   }
 
-  pub fn from_workspace(
-    workspace: &Arc<Workspace>,
-    production: bool,
-    skip_types: bool,
-  ) -> Self {
+  pub fn from_workspace(workspace: &Arc<Workspace>) -> Self {
     // todo(dsherret): estimate capacity?
     let mut local_pkgs = Vec::new();
     let mut remote_pkgs = Vec::new();
@@ -87,11 +83,6 @@ impl NpmInstallDepsProvider {
               continue;
             };
             let pkg_req = npm_req_ref.into_inner().req;
-
-            if skip_types && pkg_req.name.starts_with("@types/") {
-              continue;
-            }
-
             let workspace_pkg = workspace_npm_pkgs
               .iter()
               .find(|pkg| pkg.matches_req(&pkg_req));
@@ -121,13 +112,9 @@ impl NpmInstallDepsProvider {
         let mut pkg_pkgs = Vec::with_capacity(
           deps.dependencies.len() + deps.dev_dependencies.len(),
         );
-        let empty = Default::default();
-        let dev_deps = if production {
-          &empty
-        } else {
-          &deps.dev_dependencies
-        };
-        for (alias, dep) in deps.dependencies.iter().chain(dev_deps.iter()) {
+        for (alias, dep) in
+          deps.dependencies.iter().chain(deps.dev_dependencies.iter())
+        {
           let dep = match dep {
             Ok(dep) => dep,
             Err(err) => {
@@ -149,9 +136,6 @@ impl NpmInstallDepsProvider {
               })
             }
             PackageJsonDepValue::Req(pkg_req) => {
-              if skip_types && pkg_req.name.starts_with("@types/") {
-                continue;
-              }
               let workspace_pkg = workspace_npm_pkgs.iter().find(|pkg| {
                 pkg.matches_req(pkg_req)
                         // do not resolve to the current package
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/__test__.jsonc b/tests/specs/install/install_production/__test__.jsonc
deleted file mode 100644
index 325a98d99d6db3..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/__test__.jsonc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "tests": {
-    "prod_skips_dev_dependencies": {
-      "tempDir": true,
-      "steps": [
-        {
-          "args": "install --prod",
-          "output": "install.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the production dependency is installed
-          "args": "run --cached-only main.js",
-          "output": "main.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the devDependency is NOT in node_modules
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@denotest/bin'); console.log('devDep exists'); } catch { console.log('devDep not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "no_dev_dep.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify @types/* package IS still in node_modules (--prod alone doesn't strip types)
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@types/denotest__index-export-no-types'); console.log('@types exists'); } catch { console.log('@types not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "has_types.out"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "prod_skip_types_excludes_at_types": {
-      "tempDir": true,
-      "steps": [
-        {
-          "args": "install --prod --skip-types",
-          "output": "install.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the production dependency is installed
-          "args": "run --cached-only main.js",
-          "output": "main.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify @types/* package is NOT in node_modules
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@types/denotest__index-export-no-types'); console.log('@types exists'); } catch { console.log('@types not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "no_types.out"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "without_prod_installs_all": {
-      "tempDir": true,
-      "steps": [
-        {
-          "args": "install",
-          "output": "[WILDCARD]"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the devDependency IS in node_modules
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@denotest/bin'); console.log('devDep exists'); } catch { console.log('devDep not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "has_dev_dep.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify @types/* package IS in node_modules
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@types/denotest__index-export-no-types'); console.log('@types exists'); } catch { console.log('@types not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "has_types.out"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "entrypoint_prod_skips_type_only_imports": {
-      "tempDir": true,
-      "steps": [
-        {
-          "args": "install --prod --entrypoint entrypoint.ts",
-          "output": "install.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the code dependency is installed
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@denotest/esm-basic'); console.log('codeDep exists'); } catch { console.log('codeDep not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "has_code_dep.out"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the type-only dependency is NOT installed
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@denotest/types'); console.log('typesDep exists'); } catch { console.log('typesDep not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "no_types_dep.out"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "entrypoint_without_prod_installs_type_imports": {
-      "tempDir": true,
-      "steps": [
-        {
-          "args": "install --entrypoint entrypoint.ts",
-          "output": "[WILDCARD]"
-        },
-        {
-          // Verify the type-only dependency IS installed
-          "args": [
-            "eval",
-            "try { Deno.statSync('node_modules/@denotest/types'); console.log('typesDep exists'); } catch { console.log('typesDep not found'); }"
-          ],
-          "output": "has_types_dep.out"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/entrypoint.ts b/tests/specs/install/install_production/entrypoint.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 505e20c56248d7..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/entrypoint.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-import { getValue, setValue } from "npm:@denotest/esm-basic";
-import type { Fizzbuzz } from "npm:@denotest/types";
-
-const _value: Fizzbuzz = { fizz: "fizz", buzz: "buzz" };
-setValue(42);
-console.log(getValue());
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_code_dep.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_code_dep.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c64f65b1bc7d9..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_code_dep.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-codeDep exists
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_dev_dep.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_dev_dep.out
deleted file mode 100644
index a6a0be2d62c247..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_dev_dep.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-devDep exists
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_types.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_types.out
deleted file mode 100644
index ed31de4bbce7ca..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_types.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@types exists
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_types_dep.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_types_dep.out
deleted file mode 100644
index a297c28c349ca2..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/has_types_dep.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-typesDep exists
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/install.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/install.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 9ce4b1be79468c..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/install.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-[WILDCARD]
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/main.js b/tests/specs/install/install_production/main.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c74027723b1c8..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/main.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import { getValue, setValue } from "@denotest/esm-basic";
-setValue(42);
-console.log(getValue());
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/main.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/main.out
deleted file mode 100644
index d81cc0710eb6cf..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/main.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-42
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_dev_dep.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_dev_dep.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 59d68277d0034c..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_dev_dep.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-devDep not found
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_types.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_types.out
deleted file mode 100644
index 7159de51c6726e..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_types.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-@types not found
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_types_dep.out b/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_types_dep.out
deleted file mode 100644
index b8036af5267731..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/no_types_dep.out
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-typesDep not found
diff --git a/tests/specs/install/install_production/package.json b/tests/specs/install/install_production/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b499f30713d84..00000000000000
--- a/tests/specs/install/install_production/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dependencies": {
-    "@denotest/esm-basic": "*",
-    "@types/denotest__index-export-no-types": "*"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@denotest/bin": "*"
-  }
-}