diff --git a/AzurePackage.proj b/AzurePackage.proj
index ad02d137d..0dade831c 100644
--- a/AzurePackage.proj
+++ b/AzurePackage.proj
@@ -109,6 +109,23 @@
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(Stage-Modules)" DestinationFolder="$(CloudRootFolder)\Modules\%(RecursiveDir)" />
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(Stage-Modules-Bin)" DestinationFolder="$(CloudRootFolder)\bin\" />
 
+    <!-- extra processing of the staged config files -->
+    <XmlUpdate XmlFileName="$(CloudRootFolder)\web.config"
+      XPath="/configuration/system.web/compilation/@debug"
+      Value="false" />
+
+    <XmlUpdate XmlFileName="$(CloudRootFolder)\Config\Diagnostics.config"
+      XPath="/system.diagnostics/trace/@autoflush"
+      Value="false" />
+
+    <XmlUpdate XmlFileName="$(CloudRootFolder)\Config\Diagnostics.config"
+      XPath="/system.diagnostics/sources/source/@switchValue"
+      Value="Error" />
+
+    <!-- move over extra non-content files the csproj referenced -->
+    <Copy SourceFiles="@(StageProjectAlteration-ExtraFiles->'$(SrcFolder)\Orchard.Web\%(Identity)')" 
+        DestinationFolder="$(StageFolder)\%(RecursiveDir)"/>
+
     <!-- use x64 sqlite for tests depending on build platform -->
     <Copy 
       SourceFiles="$(LibFolder)\sqlite\x64\System.Data.SQLite.dll" 
diff --git a/Orchard.proj b/Orchard.proj
index 6a2384a54..d09bd1275 100644
--- a/Orchard.proj
+++ b/Orchard.proj
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@
       <Output TaskParameter="ExtraFiles" ItemName="StageProjectAlteration-ExtraFiles"/>
     </StageProjectAlteration>
 
+    <!-- extra processing of the staged config files -->
+
+    <XmlUpdate XmlFileName="$(StageFolder)\web.config"
+      XPath="/configuration/system.web/compilation/@debug"
+      Value="false" />
+
+    <XmlUpdate XmlFileName="$(StageFolder)\Config\Diagnostics.config"
+      XPath="/system.diagnostics/trace/@autoflush"
+      Value="false" />
+
+    <XmlUpdate XmlFileName="$(StageFolder)\Config\Diagnostics.config"
+      XPath="/system.diagnostics/sources/source/@switchValue"
+      Value="Error" />
+
     <!-- move over extra non-content files the csproj referenced -->
     <Copy SourceFiles="@(StageProjectAlteration-ExtraFiles->'$(SrcFolder)\Orchard.Web\%(Identity)')" 
         DestinationFolder="$(StageFolder)\%(RecursiveDir)"/>