diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 99ff7ecd7..000000000
--- a/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    "es2015",
-    "react"
-  ],
-  "plugins": ["lodash"]
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30c372bed..c01fcb5e4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
   "engines": {
     "node": ">= 4"
   },
+  "babel": {
+    "presets": [
+      "es2015",
+      "react"
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+      "lodash"
+    ]
+  },
   "jest": {
     "setupFiles": [
       "./client/tests/stubs.js",