diff --git a/assets/config/webpack.config.development.js b/assets/config/webpack.config.development.js
--- a/assets/config/webpack.config.development.js
+++ b/assets/config/webpack.config.development.js
@@ -114,9 +114,7 @@
     // enable to serve static assets not managed by webpack
     static: {
       directory: path.resolve('./'),
-      watch: {
-        ignored: /(node_modules|.tox|.mypy|.*.sqlite3)/
-      }
+      watch: false
     },
     // we do not use hot reloading here (as a framework like React needs to be used in order to fully benefit from that feature)
     // and prefer to fully reload the frontend application in the browser instead
@@ -124,6 +122,12 @@
     historyApiFallback: true,
     headers: {
       'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
+    },
+    watchFiles: {
+      paths: ['assets/**/*', 'static/**/*', 'swh/web/**/*'],
+      options: {
+        ignored: /.*.sqlite3/
+      }
     }
   },
   // set entries to the bundles we want to produce
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "build-dev": "NODE_ENV=development webpack --config assets/config/webpack.config.development.js --color",
     "build-test": "NODE_ENV=test webpack --config assets/config/webpack.config.development.js --color",
-    "start-dev": "NODE_ENV=development nodemon --watch swh/web/api --watch swh/web/browse --watch swh/web/templates --watch swh/web/common --watch swh/web/settings --watch assets/config --ext py,html,js --exec \"webpack serve --config assets/config/webpack.config.development.js --color\"",
+    "start-dev": "NODE_ENV=development webpack serve --config assets/config/webpack.config.development.js --color",
     "build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config assets/config/webpack.config.production.js --color",
     "mochawesome": "mochawesome-merge cypress/mochawesome/results/*.json > cypress/mochawesome/mochawesome.json && marge -o cypress/mochawesome/report cypress/mochawesome/mochawesome.json",
     "eslint": "eslint -c assets/config/.eslintrc --fix assets/** cypress/integration/** cypress/plugins/** cypress/support/**",
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@
     "mochawesome-merge": "^4.2.1",
     "mochawesome-report-generator": "^6.1.1",
     "node-sass": "^7.0.1",
-    "nodemon": "^2.0.15",
     "nyc": "^15.1.0",
     "optimize-css-assets-webpack-plugin": "^6.0.1",
     "postcss": "^8.4.12",
@@ -175,4 +174,4 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=12.0.0"
   }
-}
+}
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