diff --git a/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj b/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
index f61f78d9d57..f08f0545238 100644
--- a/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
+++ b/React/React.xcodeproj/project.pbxproj
@@ -3994,7 +3994,7 @@
 			);
 			runOnlyForDeploymentPostprocessing = 0;
 			shellPath = /bin/sh;
-			shellScript = "export RCT_METRO_PORT=\"${RCT_METRO_PORT:=8081}\"\necho \"export RCT_METRO_PORT=${RCT_METRO_PORT}\" > \"${SRCROOT}/../scripts/.packager.env\"\nif [ -z \"${RCT_NO_LAUNCH_PACKAGER+xxx}\" ] ; then\n  if nc -w 5 -z localhost ${RCT_METRO_PORT} ; then\n    if ! curl -s \"http://localhost:${RCT_METRO_PORT}/status\" | grep -q \"packager-status:running\" ; then\n      echo \"Port ${RCT_METRO_PORT} already in use, packager is either not running or not running correctly\"\n      exit 2\n    fi\n  else\n    open \"$SRCROOT/../scripts/launchPackager.command\" || echo \"Can't start packager automatically\"\n  fi\nfi\n";
+			shellScript = "export RCT_METRO_PORT=\"${RCT_METRO_PORT:=8081}\"\necho \"export RCT_METRO_PORT=${RCT_METRO_PORT}\" > \"${SRCROOT}/../scripts/.packager.env\"\nif [ -z \"${RCT_NO_LAUNCH_PACKAGER+xxx}\" ] && [ \"$CONFIGURATION\" == \"Debug\" ] ; then\n  if nc -w 5 -z localhost ${RCT_METRO_PORT} ; then\n    if ! curl -s \"http://localhost:${RCT_METRO_PORT}/status\" | grep -q \"packager-status:running\" ; then\n      echo \"Port ${RCT_METRO_PORT} already in use, packager is either not running or not running correctly\"\n      exit 2\n    fi\n  else\n    open \"$SRCROOT/../scripts/launchPackager.command\" || echo \"Can't start packager automatically\"\n  fi\nfi\n";
 			showEnvVarsInLog = 0;
 		};
 		142C4F7F1B582EA6001F0B58 /* Include RCTJSCProfiler */ = {