diff --git a/site/frontend/README.md b/site/frontend/README.md
index 0991c6667..5e59afce5 100644
--- a/site/frontend/README.md
+++ b/site/frontend/README.md
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ It uses a custom backend for transpiling `TypeScript`, which transpiles for brow
 the `browserslist` attribute in `package.json`. It does not perform type-checking, that is why
 there is a dedicated `npm run check` action that uses `tsc`. It is performed on CI to find typ errors.
 The `tsconfig.json` file is only used by the type-checking action.
+
+The `buffer` alias in `package.json` is used to deter Parcel from providing `buffer` module 
+polyfill. This polyfill breaks the minified JS Parcel output (at least in Parcel `2.8.3`).
diff --git a/site/frontend/package-lock.json b/site/frontend/package-lock.json
index 0cf5511a5..7f3237b6b 100644
--- a/site/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/site/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
         "@parcel/transformer-vue": "^2.8.3",
         "@types/highcharts": "^7.0.0",
         "@types/msgpack-lite": "^0.1.8",
-        "buffer": "^5.7.1",
         "typescript": "^5.0.2"
       }
     },
@@ -1926,26 +1925,6 @@
         "safe-buffer": "^5.0.1"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/base64-js": {
-      "version": "1.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/base64-js/-/base64-js-1.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-AKpaYlHn8t4SVbOHCy+b5+KKgvR4vrsD8vbvrbiQJps7fKDTkjkDry6ji0rUJjC0kzbNePLwzxq8iypo41qeWA==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "patreon",
-          "url": "https://www.patreon.com/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "consulting",
-          "url": "https://feross.org/support"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
     "node_modules/binary-extensions": {
       "version": "2.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/binary-extensions/-/binary-extensions-2.2.0.tgz",
@@ -2003,30 +1982,6 @@
         "node": "^6 || ^7 || ^8 || ^9 || ^10 || ^11 || ^12 || >=13.7"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/buffer": {
-      "version": "5.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer/-/buffer-5.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EHcyIPBQ4BSGlvjB16k5KgAJ27CIsHY/2JBmCRReo48y9rQ3MaUzWX3KVlBa4U7MyX02HdVj0K7C3WaB3ju7FQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "funding": [
-        {
-          "type": "github",
-          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "patreon",
-          "url": "https://www.patreon.com/feross"
-        },
-        {
-          "type": "consulting",
-          "url": "https://feross.org/support"
-        }
-      ],
-      "dependencies": {
-        "base64-js": "^1.3.1",
-        "ieee754": "^1.1.13"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/buffer-from": {
       "version": "1.1.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/buffer-from/-/buffer-from-1.1.2.tgz",
diff --git a/site/frontend/package.json b/site/frontend/package.json
index ef9c9bc8c..32fc57e66 100644
--- a/site/frontend/package.json
+++ b/site/frontend/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
     "@parcel/transformer-vue": "^2.8.3",
     "@types/highcharts": "^7.0.0",
     "@types/msgpack-lite": "^0.1.8",
-    "buffer": "^5.7.1",
     "typescript": "^5.0.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
@@ -52,5 +51,8 @@
       "distDir": "dist/styles"
     }
   },
-  "browserslist": "> 0.5%, last 3 years, not dead"
+  "browserslist": "> 0.5%, last 3 years, not dead",
+  "alias": {
+    "buffer": false
+  }
 }