diff --git a/dapps/templates/boilerplate/config/contracts.js b/dapps/templates/boilerplate/config/contracts.js
index a2b190c46..dfc93212a 100644
--- a/dapps/templates/boilerplate/config/contracts.js
+++ b/dapps/templates/boilerplate/config/contracts.js
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ module.exports = {
     //            contracts section.
     //strategy: 'implicit',
 
+    // minimalContractSize, when set to true, tells Embark to generate contract files without the heavy bytecodes
+    // minimalContractSize: false,
+
     contracts: {
       // example:
       //SimpleStorage: {
diff --git a/dapps/templates/demo/config/contracts.js b/dapps/templates/demo/config/contracts.js
index 68b1e392d..3d9228380 100644
--- a/dapps/templates/demo/config/contracts.js
+++ b/dapps/templates/demo/config/contracts.js
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ module.exports = {
     //            contracts section.
     //strategy: 'implicit',
 
+    // minimalContractSize, when set to true, tells Embark to generate contract files without the heavy bytecodes
+    // minimalContractSize: false,
+
     contracts: {
       SimpleStorage: {
         fromIndex: 0,
diff --git a/dapps/templates/simple/contracts.js b/dapps/templates/simple/contracts.js
index 14eb0f041..78e7be48c 100644
--- a/dapps/templates/simple/contracts.js
+++ b/dapps/templates/simple/contracts.js
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ module.exports = {
     //            contracts section.
     //strategy: 'implicit',
 
+    // minimalContractSize, when set to true, tells Embark to generate contract files without the heavy bytecodes
+    // minimalContractSize: false,
+
     contracts: {
       // example:
       //SimpleStorage: {
diff --git a/packages/embark-pipeline/src/index.js b/packages/embark-pipeline/src/index.js
index 82de4eaa7..670d596f8 100644
--- a/packages/embark-pipeline/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/embark-pipeline/src/index.js
@@ -341,6 +341,14 @@ class Pipeline {
       },
       function writeContractsJSON(contracts, next) {
         async.each(contracts, (contract, eachCb) => {
+          if (self.embark.config.contractsConfig.minimalContractSize) {
+            contract = Object.assign({}, contract);
+            delete contract.code;
+            delete contract.runtimeBytecode;
+            delete contract.realRuntimeBytecode;
+            delete contract.gasEstimates;
+            delete contract.swarmHash;
+          }
           self.fs.writeJson(dappPath(
             self.buildDir,
             'contracts', contract.className + '.json'