diff --git a/packages/dev-utils/CHANGELOG.json b/packages/dev-utils/CHANGELOG.json
index 7fbd44eb87..c9aa9a2ac1 100644
--- a/packages/dev-utils/CHANGELOG.json
+++ b/packages/dev-utils/CHANGELOG.json
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@
                 "pr": 2031
             },
             {
-                "note": "Set `allowUnlimitedContractSize` option when creating a ganache provider",
+                "note": "Add `shouldAllowUnlimitedContractSize` to `Web3Config`.",
+                "pr": 2075
+            },
+            {
+                "note": "Add `UNLIMITED_CONTRACT_SIZE` to `EnvVars`.",
                 "pr": 2075
             }
         ]
diff --git a/packages/dev-utils/src/env.ts b/packages/dev-utils/src/env.ts
index 29e144be5e..50597c7495 100644
--- a/packages/dev-utils/src/env.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-utils/src/env.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export enum EnvVars {
     SolidityProfiler = 'SOLIDITY_PROFILER',
     SolidityRevertTrace = 'SOLIDITY_REVERT_TRACE',
     VerboseGanache = 'VERBOSE_GANACHE',
+    UnlimitedContractSize = 'UNLIMITED_CONTRACT_SIZE',
 }
 
 export const env = {
diff --git a/packages/dev-utils/src/web3_factory.ts b/packages/dev-utils/src/web3_factory.ts
index 9034a81476..943f20d3f3 100644
--- a/packages/dev-utils/src/web3_factory.ts
+++ b/packages/dev-utils/src/web3_factory.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export interface Web3Config {
     rpcUrl?: string; // default: localhost:8545
     shouldUseFakeGasEstimate?: boolean; // default: true
     ganacheDatabasePath?: string; // default: undefined, creates a tmp dir
+    shouldAllowUnlimitedContractSize?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const web3Factory = {
@@ -58,9 +59,7 @@ export const web3Factory = {
                 new GanacheSubprovider({
                     vmErrorsOnRPCResponse: shouldThrowErrorsOnGanacheRPCResponse,
                     db_path: config.ganacheDatabasePath,
-                    // HACK(dorothy-zbornak): Mainnet gas limit is 8M, but ganache won't
-                    // go beyond 7M, which means we can't deploy certain large contracts.
-                    allowUnlimitedContractSize: true,
+                    allowUnlimitedContractSize: config.shouldAllowUnlimitedContractSize,
                     gasLimit: constants.GAS_LIMIT,
                     logger,
                     verbose: env.parseBoolean(EnvVars.VerboseGanache),