diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b8c047f07..37efc318b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ endif
 --start-backend:
 	DEV_PORT_HTTP=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTP=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTP=//'`; \
 	DEV_PORT_HTTPS=`cat $(CONTAINER_FILE) | grep 'DEV_PORT_HTTPS=' | sed 's/DEV_PORT_HTTPS=//'`; \
-	stack $(STACK_CORES) --lock-file ignore exec -- yesod devel -p "$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}" -q "$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}"
+	stack $(STACK_CORES) exec -- yesod devel -p "$${DEV_PORT_HTTP}" -q "$${DEV_PORT_HTTPS}"
 # HELP(compile-backend): compile backend binaries
 --compile-backend:
-	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --lock-file ignore --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin
+	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin
 # HELP(dependencies-backend): (re-)build backend dependencies
 --dependencies-backend: stack.yaml stack.yaml.lock package.yaml
 	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --only-dependencies