diff --git a/frontend/babel.config.js b/frontend/babel.config.js
index 17ff37649..fe855af63 100644
--- a/frontend/babel.config.js
+++ b/frontend/babel.config.js
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@ module.exports = {
     '@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import'
   ],
   env: {
-    test: {
-      presets: [
-        ['@babel/preset-env', { loose, modules: 'commonjs' }],
-        ['@babel/preset-react']
-      ]
-    },
     development: {
       presets: [
         ['@babel/preset-react', { development: true }]
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6aba7b378..439ef5fdc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "babel-eslint": "10.0.1",
     "babel-loader": "8.0.5",
     "babel-plugin-inline-classnames": "2.0.1",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source": "6.22.0",
     "babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types": "0.4.24",
     "classnames": "2.2.6",
     "clipboard": "2.0.4",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e47ff06a8..000000000
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-var path = require('path');
-var webpack = require('webpack');
-
-var uglifyJsPlugin = new webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin();
-
-var uiFolder = 'UI';
-var root = path.join(__dirname, 'src', uiFolder);
-
-module.exports = {
-  devtool : '#source-map',
-  watchOptions : { poll: true },
-  entry: {
-    vendor: 'vendor.js',
-    main: 'main.js'
-  },
-  resolve: {
-    root: root,
-    alias: {
-      'jdu': 'JsLibraries/jdu',
-      'libs': 'JsLibraries/'
-    }
-  },
-  output: {
-    filename: '_output/' + uiFolder + '/[name].js',
-    sourceMapFilename: '_output/' + uiFolder + '/[name].map'
-  },
-  plugins: [
-    new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({ name: 'vendor' })
-  ],
-  module: {
-
-    //this doesn't work yet. waiting for https://github.com/spenceralger/rcloader/issues/5
-    /*preLoaders: [
-        {
-            test: /\.js$/, // include .js files
-            loader: "jshint-loader",
-            exclude: [/JsLibraries/,/node_modules/]
-        }
-    ]
-    */
-  }
-};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 72f7affed..cc6ceb34a 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1526,19 +1526,6 @@ babel-plugin-inline-classnames@2.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-inline-classnames/-/babel-plugin-inline-classnames-2.0.1.tgz#d871490af06781a42f231a1e090bc4133594f168"
   integrity sha512-Pq/jJ6hTiGiqcMmy2d4CyJcfBDeUHOdQl1t1MDWNaSKR2RxDmShSAx4Zqz6NDmFaiinaRqF8eQoTVgSRGU+McQ==
 
-babel-plugin-syntax-jsx@^6.8.0:
-  version "6.18.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-syntax-jsx/-/babel-plugin-syntax-jsx-6.18.0.tgz#0af32a9a6e13ca7a3fd5069e62d7b0f58d0d8946"
-  integrity sha1-CvMqmm4Tyno/1QaeYtew9Y0NiUY=
-
-babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source@6.22.0:
-  version "6.22.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source/-/babel-plugin-transform-react-jsx-source-6.22.0.tgz#66ac12153f5cd2d17b3c19268f4bf0197f44ecd6"
-  integrity sha1-ZqwSFT9c0tF7PBkmj0vwGX9E7NY=
-  dependencies:
-    babel-plugin-syntax-jsx "^6.8.0"
-    babel-runtime "^6.22.0"
-
 babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types@0.4.24:
   version "0.4.24"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types/-/babel-plugin-transform-react-remove-prop-types-0.4.24.tgz#f2edaf9b4c6a5fbe5c1d678bfb531078c1555f3a"