diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index d2959f3a..c749bdef 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -85,7 +85,12 @@ defmodule Microwaveprop.MixProject do
       {:dialyxir, "~> 1.4", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false},
       {:live_table, "~> 0.4.1"},
       {:sutra_ui, "~> 0.3.0"},
-      {:igniter, "~> 0.7", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false}
+      # Required as a compile-time build dependency for live_table; its mix
+      # tasks (lib/mix/tasks/live_table.gen.live.ex, live_table.install.ex)
+      # unconditionally `use Igniter.Mix.Task` so the dep has to exist in
+      # every env live_table is compiled in, not just dev/test. runtime: false
+      # keeps it out of the release bundle.
+      {:igniter, "~> 0.7", runtime: false}
     ]
   end