diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 47510b4371..e48f3908cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2641,11 +2641,13 @@ install(PROGRAMS
         COMPONENT netdata
         DESTINATION usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d)
 
-install(PROGRAMS
-        src/health/notifications/alarm-email.sh
-        src/health/notifications/alarm-test.sh
-        COMPONENT netdata
-        DESTINATION usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d)
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+        install(PROGRAMS
+                src/health/notifications/alarm-email.sh
+                src/health/notifications/alarm-test.sh
+                COMPONENT netdata
+                DESTINATION usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d)
+endif()
 
 install(FILES
         src/health/notifications/health_alarm_notify.conf
@@ -2656,22 +2658,23 @@ install(FILES
 # test/ files
 #
 
-configure_file(tests/health_mgmtapi/health-cmdapi-test.sh.in tests/health_mgmtapi/health-cmdapi-test.sh @ONLY)
-configure_file(tests/acls/acl.sh.in tests/acls/acl.sh @ONLY)
-configure_file(tests/urls/request.sh.in tests/urls/request.sh @ONLY)
-configure_file(tests/alarm_repetition/alarm.sh.in tests/alarm_repetition/alarm.sh @ONLY)
-configure_file(tests/template_dimension/template_dim.sh.in tests/template_dimension/template_dim.sh @ONLY)
-configure_file(tests/ebpf/ebpf_thread_function.sh.in tests/ebpf/ebpf_thread_function.sh @ONLY)
-
-install(FILES
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/health_mgmtapi/health-cmdapi-test.sh
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/acls/acl.sh
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/urls/request.sh
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/alarm_repetition/alarm.sh
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/template_dimension/template_dim.sh
-        ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/ebpf/ebpf_thread_function.sh
-        DESTINATION usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d)
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
+        configure_file(tests/health_mgmtapi/health-cmdapi-test.sh.in tests/health_mgmtapi/health-cmdapi-test.sh @ONLY)
+        configure_file(tests/acls/acl.sh.in tests/acls/acl.sh @ONLY)
+        configure_file(tests/urls/request.sh.in tests/urls/request.sh @ONLY)
+        configure_file(tests/alarm_repetition/alarm.sh.in tests/alarm_repetition/alarm.sh @ONLY)
+        configure_file(tests/template_dimension/template_dim.sh.in tests/template_dimension/template_dim.sh @ONLY)
+        configure_file(tests/ebpf/ebpf_thread_function.sh.in tests/ebpf/ebpf_thread_function.sh @ONLY)
 
+        install(FILES
+                ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/health_mgmtapi/health-cmdapi-test.sh
+                ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/acls/acl.sh
+                ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/urls/request.sh
+                ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/alarm_repetition/alarm.sh
+                ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/template_dimension/template_dim.sh
+                ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests/ebpf/ebpf_thread_function.sh
+                DESTINATION usr/libexec/netdata/plugins.d)
+endif()
 #
 # charts.d plugin
 #
diff --git a/netdata.spec.in b/netdata.spec.in
index 74fe03b186..67d7de4a08 100644
--- a/netdata.spec.in
+++ b/netdata.spec.in
@@ -527,22 +527,14 @@ rm -rf "${RPM_BUILD_ROOT}"
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/install-service.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/%{name}-updater.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/%{name}-uninstaller.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/acl.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/alarm.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/alarm-email.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/alarm-notify.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/alarm-test.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/anonymous-statistics.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/cgroup-name.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/get-kubernetes-labels.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/health-cmdapi-test.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/ioping.plugin
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/loopsleepms.sh.inc
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/request.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/system-info.sh
 %{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/tc-qos-helper.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/template_dim.sh
-%{_libexecdir}/%{name}/plugins.d/ebpf_thread_function.sh
 
 # cgroup-network detects the network interfaces of CGROUPs
 # it must be able to use setns() and run cgroup-network-helper.sh as root