# Exclude jekyll-feed in development environment? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [February 27, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/exclude-jekyll-feed-in-development-environment/2681 "2019-02-27T19:20:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![ashmaroli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@ashmaroli](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/ashmaroli)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2019, 12:56pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/exclude-jekyll-feed-in-development-environment/2681/4 "2019-02-28T12:56:00Z")
> [@NewbieDan](#): > > adds about 5 seconds to the build time How did you reach to this conclusion? Are you developing on Windows? > [@NewbieDan](#): > > Got any other ideas? A few: - If you’re on Windows, ensure that you’ve listed   `gem 'wdm'` in your Gemfile. - Use the `--incremental` switch (shorthand:`-I`) to process only those files that change: ```auto bundle exec jekyll serve -I ``` Now, when you make changes to a particular “post” or “page”, only those and their layouts / includes are _“re-processed”_. The feed will still be generated but the total build time will be much lesser. - You can always disable a plugin by commenting it out in the `_config.yml` ```auto plugins: # - jekyll-feed - jekyll-sitemap ``` and uncomment before commiting changes. - You can maintain _two separate config files_ if the above is tiresome. For example, a regular `_config.yml` for production builds on GitHub Pages and the other named a `_config_dev.yml` for local builds. Then simply use the latter as following: ```auto bundle exec jekyll serve --config _config_dev.yml ``` Note: For either of the last two options to work you’ve to ensure the following: - you’re not using a “theme” that has listed `jekyll-feed` as its `dependency` / `runtime_dependency`. - you’ve not listed `jekyll-feed` in the `:jekyll_plugins` group in your Gemfile. --- _[View the full topic](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/exclude-jekyll-feed-in-development-environment/2681)._