--- a/release/release.go
+++ b/release/release.go
@@ -41,8 +41,14 @@ type OS struct {
 // security features for confinement and devmode is forced.
 func (os *OS) ForceDevMode() bool {
 	switch os.ID {
+	case "arch":
+		fallthrough
+	case "manjaro":
+		fallthrough
 	case "neon":
 		fallthrough
+	case "parabola":
+		fallthrough
 	case "ubuntu":
 		return false
 
--- a/release/release_test.go
+++ b/release/release_test.go
@@ -107,14 +107,16 @@ func (s *ReleaseTestSuite) TestForceDevMode(c *C) {
 		devmode   bool
 	}{
 		// Please keep this list sorted
-		{id: "arch", devmode: true},
+		{id: "arch", devmode: false},
 		{id: "debian", devmode: true},
 		{id: "elementary", devmode: true},
 		{id: "elementary", idVersion: "0.4", devmode: false},
 		{id: "fedora", devmode: true},
 		{id: "gentoo", devmode: true},
+		{id: "manjaro", devmode: false},
 		{id: "neon", devmode: false},
 		{id: "opensuse", devmode: true},
+		{id: "parabola", devmode: false},
 		{id: "rhel", devmode: true},
 		{id: "ubuntu", devmode: false},
 	}