diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cead3e09dfd..f52a9a9a22f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 - Adds (opt-out) experiment to disable cleaning up containers after a functions deploy (#6861)
 - Fix Next.js image optimization check in app directory for Windows (#6930)
 - Add support to next.config.mjs (#6933)
+- Remove development-only files from Next.js deployments (#6731)
diff --git a/scripts/webframeworks-deploy-tests/tests.ts b/scripts/webframeworks-deploy-tests/tests.ts
index a078aa5caf1..9749aba128c 100644
--- a/scripts/webframeworks-deploy-tests/tests.ts
+++ b/scripts/webframeworks-deploy-tests/tests.ts
@@ -388,6 +388,23 @@ describe("webframeworks", function (this) {
       expect(unmatchedFiles, "matchedFiles").to.eql([]);
       expect(unmatchedExpectations, "unmatchedExpectations").to.eql([]);
     });
+
+    it("should not have development files to be deployed", async () => {
+      const distDir = ".next";
+
+      const UNEXPECTED_PATTERNS = [
+        `${distDir}\/cache\/.*-development`,
+        `${distDir}\/cache\/eslint`,
+      ].map((it) => new RegExp(it));
+
+      const files = await getFilesListFromDir(`${NEXT_OUTPUT_PATH}/functions/${distDir}`);
+
+      const filesContainingUnexpectedPatterns = UNEXPECTED_PATTERNS.filter((unexpectedPattern) =>
+        files.some((file) => file.match(unexpectedPattern)),
+      );
+
+      expect(filesContainingUnexpectedPatterns.length).to.eql(0);
+    });
   });
 
   describe("angular", () => {
diff --git a/src/frameworks/next/index.ts b/src/frameworks/next/index.ts
index 635921093a4..b89b63983b7 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/next/index.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/next/index.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import {
   getNextVersion,
   hasStaticAppNotFoundComponent,
   getRoutesWithServerAction,
+  getProductionDistDirFiles,
   whichNextConfigFile,
 } from "./utils";
 import { NODE_VERSION, NPM_COMMAND_TIMEOUT_MILLIES, SHARP_VERSION, I18N_ROOT } from "../constants";
@@ -650,8 +651,17 @@ export async function ɵcodegenFunctionsDirectory(
     }
   }
 
-  await mkdirp(join(destDir, distDir));
-  await copy(join(sourceDir, distDir), join(destDir, distDir));
+  const [productionDistDirfiles] = await Promise.all([
+    getProductionDistDirFiles(sourceDir, distDir),
+    mkdirp(join(destDir, distDir)),
+  ]);
+
+  await Promise.all(
+    productionDistDirfiles.map((file) =>
+      copy(file, file.replace(sourceDir, destDir), { recursive: true }),
+    ),
+  );
+
   return { packageJson, frameworksEntry: "next.js", dotEnv };
 }
 
diff --git a/src/frameworks/next/utils.ts b/src/frameworks/next/utils.ts
index 4eb25777caf..a1aba6d4a91 100644
--- a/src/frameworks/next/utils.ts
+++ b/src/frameworks/next/utils.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { pathExists } from "fs-extra";
 import { basename, extname, join, posix, sep } from "path";
 import { readFile } from "fs/promises";
 import { sync as globSync } from "glob";
+import * as glob from "glob";
 import type { PagesManifest } from "next/dist/build/webpack/plugins/pages-manifest-plugin";
 import { coerce } from "semver";
 
@@ -461,6 +462,32 @@ export function getRoutesWithServerAction(
   return Array.from(routesWithServerAction);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get files in the dist directory to be deployed to Firebase, ignoring development files.
+ */
+export async function getProductionDistDirFiles(
+  sourceDir: string,
+  distDir: string,
+): Promise<string[]> {
+  const productionDistDirFiles = await new Promise<string[]>((resolve, reject) =>
+    glob(
+      "**",
+      {
+        ignore: [join("cache", "webpack", "*-development", "**"), join("cache", "eslint", "**")],
+        cwd: join(sourceDir, distDir),
+        nodir: true,
+        absolute: true,
+      },
+      (err, matches) => {
+        if (err) reject(err);
+        resolve(matches);
+      },
+    ),
+  );
+
+  return productionDistDirFiles;
+}
+
 /**
  * Get the Next.js config file name in the project directory, either
  * `next.config.js` or `next.config.mjs`.  If none of them exist, return null.