diff --git a/docker/release/linux-x86_64.Dockerfile b/docker/release/linux-x86_64.Dockerfile
index ed959ec..8fb9807 100644
--- a/docker/release/linux-x86_64.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/release/linux-x86_64.Dockerfile
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ ENV OPENSSL_DIR=/musl \
 COPY . .
 
 # Build for Linux with musl (static binary) - x86_64
+# SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 skips embedding the inspector frontend
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target \
-    cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
+    SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl && \
     mkdir -p /artifacts && \
     cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/sandbox-agent /artifacts/sandbox-agent-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
 
diff --git a/docker/release/macos-aarch64.Dockerfile b/docker/release/macos-aarch64.Dockerfile
index c92101e..fb2d75f 100644
--- a/docker/release/macos-aarch64.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/release/macos-aarch64.Dockerfile
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ ar = "aarch64-apple-darwin20.4-ar"\n\
 COPY . .
 
 # Build for ARM64 macOS
+# SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 skips embedding the inspector frontend
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target \
-    cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target aarch64-apple-darwin && \
+    SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target aarch64-apple-darwin && \
     mkdir -p /artifacts && \
     cp target/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/sandbox-agent /artifacts/sandbox-agent-aarch64-apple-darwin
 
diff --git a/docker/release/macos-x86_64.Dockerfile b/docker/release/macos-x86_64.Dockerfile
index 1ec51d7..b16c6e6 100644
--- a/docker/release/macos-x86_64.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/release/macos-x86_64.Dockerfile
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ ar = "x86_64-apple-darwin20.4-ar"\n\
 COPY . .
 
 # Build for x86_64 macOS
+# SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 skips embedding the inspector frontend
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target \
-    cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin && \
+    SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin && \
     mkdir -p /artifacts && \
     cp target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/sandbox-agent /artifacts/sandbox-agent-x86_64-apple-darwin
 
diff --git a/docker/release/windows.Dockerfile b/docker/release/windows.Dockerfile
index d33394d..187cbed 100644
--- a/docker/release/windows.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/release/windows.Dockerfile
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ WORKDIR /build
 COPY . .
 
 # Build for Windows
+# SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 skips embedding the inspector frontend
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/git \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/build/target \
-    cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu && \
+    SANDBOX_AGENT_SKIP_INSPECTOR=1 cargo build -p sandbox-agent --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu && \
     mkdir -p /artifacts && \
     cp target/x86_64-pc-windows-gnu/release/sandbox-agent.exe /artifacts/sandbox-agent-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.exe