diff --git a/pkg/codegen/main.go b/pkg/codegen/main.go
index e98c5c5609..66af50f908 100644
--- a/pkg/codegen/main.go
+++ b/pkg/codegen/main.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ func main() {
 		NoMetadata: true,
 		Prefix:     "manifests/",
 		Output:     "pkg/deploy/zz_generated_bindata.go",
+		Tags:       "!no_stage",
 	}
 	if err := bindata.Translate(bc); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ func main() {
 		NoMetadata: true,
 		Prefix:     "build/static/",
 		Output:     "pkg/static/zz_generated_bindata.go",
+		Tags:       "!no_stage",
 	}
 	if err := bindata.Translate(bc); err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/nostage.go b/pkg/deploy/nostage.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..40e84e7015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/deploy/nostage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// +build no_stage
+
+package deploy
+
+func Stage(dataDir string, templateVars map[string]string, skips map[string]bool) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/stage.go b/pkg/deploy/stage.go
index 1e8d109cf9..57339d3a98 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/stage.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/stage.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !no_stage
+
 package deploy
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/zz_generated_bindata.go b/pkg/deploy/zz_generated_bindata.go
index 9b798373f7..3c18898572 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/zz_generated_bindata.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/zz_generated_bindata.go
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 // manifests/metrics-server/resource-reader.yaml
 // manifests/rolebindings.yaml
 // manifests/traefik.yaml
+// +build !no_stage
+
 package deploy
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/static/nostage.go b/pkg/static/nostage.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aec21f08e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/static/nostage.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// +build no_stage
+
+package static
+
+func Stage(dataDir string) error {
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/static/stage.go b/pkg/static/stage.go
index 8bd177afd4..6e28aec39d 100644
--- a/pkg/static/stage.go
+++ b/pkg/static/stage.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// +build !no_stage
+
 package static
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/static/zz_generated_bindata.go b/pkg/static/zz_generated_bindata.go
index 561bd700cd..c981878be0 100644
--- a/pkg/static/zz_generated_bindata.go
+++ b/pkg/static/zz_generated_bindata.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Code generated for package static by go-bindata DO NOT EDIT. (@generated)
 // sources:
 // build/static/charts/traefik-1.81.0.tgz
+// +build !no_stage
+
 package static
 
 import (