diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8e78db50..2203e53c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1990,6 +1990,17 @@
                       <arg value="prefix=frontend" />
                       <arg value="localRepository=${settings.localRepository}" />
                     </java>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>generate-fileinstall-cfg-files-persistence</id>
+                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
                     <java classname="net.sf.saxon.Transform" failonerror="true">
                       <arg value="${project.basedir}/target/tmp/effective-pom.xml" />
                       <arg value="${project.basedir}/src/main/xslt/pom-to-fileinstall-config.xsl" />
@@ -2836,6 +2847,63 @@ rm -rf /opt/daisy-pipeline2/cli
       </build>
     </profile>
 
+    <!--
+        disable persistence
+    -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>lightweight</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>copy-persistence-libs-bundles</id>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>copy-persistence-pipeline-bundles</id>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <!--
+                  Note that the persistence libs are not disabled because they are set statically in
+                  etc/webservice/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-libs-persistence.cfg
+              -->
+              <execution>
+                <id>generate-fileinstall-cfg-files-persistence</id>
+                <phase>none</phase>
+              </execution>
+              <execution>
+                <id>generate-fileinstall-cfg-files-volatile</id>
+                <phase>generate-resources</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>run</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <target>
+                    <java classname="net.sf.saxon.Transform" failonerror="true">
+                      <arg value="${project.basedir}/target/tmp/effective-pom.xml" />
+                      <arg value="${project.basedir}/src/main/xslt/pom-to-fileinstall-config.xsl" />
+                      <arg value="id=copy-volatile-pipeline-bundles" />
+                      <arg value="startLevel=100" />
+                      <arg value="dest=${project.baseUri}/target/generated-resources/etc/webservice" />
+                      <arg value="prefix=frontend" />
+                      <arg value="localRepository=${settings.localRepository}" />
+                    </java>
+                  </target>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+
   </profiles>
   <repositories>
     <!--
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/dev.xml b/src/main/assembly/dev.xml
index cea006f6..5e611e75 100644
--- a/src/main/assembly/dev.xml
+++ b/src/main/assembly/dev.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
         <exclude>gui/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-framework-volatile.cfg</exclude>
         <exclude>webservice/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-frontend.cfg</exclude>
         <exclude>webservice/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-framework-persistance.cfg</exclude>
+        <exclude>webservice/org.apache.felix.fileinstall-framework-volatile.cfg</exclude>
       </excludes>
       <outputDirectory>/etc</outputDirectory>
       <filtered>false</filtered>