diff --git a/.changeset/empty-bags-heal.md b/.changeset/empty-bags-heal.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b19b631c51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-bags-heal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: use init properties when exporting non-state values in prod
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js
index ee47cc33ae..90abcd3199 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/transform-client.js
@@ -242,9 +242,11 @@ export function client_component(source, analysis, options) {
 		const binding = analysis.instance.scope.get(name);
 		const is_source = binding !== null && is_state_source(binding, state);
 
-		// TODO This is always a getter because the `renamed-instance-exports` test wants it that way.
-		// Should we for code size reasons make it an init in runes mode and/or non-dev mode?
-		return b.get(alias ?? name, [b.return(is_source ? b.call('$.get', b.id(name)) : b.id(name))]);
+		if (is_source || options.dev) {
+			return b.get(alias ?? name, [b.return(is_source ? b.call('$.get', b.id(name)) : b.id(name))]);
+		}
+
+		return b.init(alias ?? name, b.id(name));
 	});
 
 	if (analysis.accessors) {
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-accessors/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-accessors/_config.js
index 0dba67bb39..9f49355214 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-accessors/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/prop-accessors/_config.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { test } from '../../test';
 
 export default test({
+	compileOptions: {
+		dev: true
+	},
+
 	accessors: false,
+
 	test({ assert, component }) {
 		assert.equal(component.foo1, 42);
 		assert.equal(component.foo2(), 42);
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/renamed-instance-exports/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/renamed-instance-exports/_config.js
index 9293327b13..29860bb9df 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/renamed-instance-exports/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/runtime-legacy/samples/renamed-instance-exports/_config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { test } from '../../test';
 
 export default test({
+	compileOptions: {
+		dev: true
+	},
+
 	test({ assert, component }) {
 		assert.equal(component.bar1, 42);
 		assert.equal(component.bar2, 42);