diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f86395f0a5c..c9699e830dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ superset-websocket/config.json
 *.js.map
 node_modules
 npm-debug.log*
+superset/static/*
 superset/static/assets/*
 !superset/static/assets/.gitkeep
 superset/static/uploads/*
 !superset/static/uploads/.gitkeep
-superset/static/version_info.json
 yarn-error.log
 *.map
 *.min.js
diff --git a/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js b/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js
index 77cadb862f6..7dffa33dd1c 100644
--- a/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js
+++ b/superset-frontend/webpack.config.js
@@ -324,12 +324,7 @@ const config = {
     menu: addPreamble('src/views/menu.tsx'),
     spa: addPreamble('src/views/index.tsx'),
     embedded: addPreamble('src/embedded/index.tsx'),
-    // Skip service-worker build in dev mode to avoid overwriting the placeholder
-    ...(isDevMode
-      ? {}
-      : {
-          'service-worker': path.join(APP_DIR, 'src/service-worker.ts'),
-        }),
+    'service-worker': path.join(APP_DIR, 'src/service-worker.ts'),
   },
   cache: {
     type: 'filesystem',
diff --git a/superset/static/service-worker.js b/superset/static/service-worker.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 43cb14a4894..00000000000
--- a/superset/static/service-worker.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-// Minimal service worker for PWA file handling support
-self.addEventListener('install', event => {
-  event.waitUntil(self.skipWaiting());
-});
-
-self.addEventListener('activate', event => {
-  event.waitUntil(self.clients.claim());
-});