diff --git a/client-v2/.babelrc b/client-v2/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index ab803d6118e..00000000000
--- a/client-v2/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    [
-      "@babel/env",
-      {
-        "useBuiltIns": "usage",
-        "targets": {
-          "browsers": ["chrome >= 49", "firefox >= 48", "safari >= 10", "> 1%"]
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "@babel/react",
-    "@babel/flow"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread",
-    "transform-class-properties"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/client-v2/babel.config.js b/client-v2/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a3c9d6788a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-v2/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: [
+    [
+      '@babel/env',
+      {
+        useBuiltIns: 'usage',
+        targets: {
+          browsers: ['chrome >= 49', 'firefox >= 48', 'safari >= 10', '> 1%']
+        }
+      }
+    ],
+    '@babel/react',
+    '@babel/flow'
+  ],
+  plugins: [
+    '@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread',
+    'transform-class-properties'
+  ]
+};