diff --git a/frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig.js b/frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig.js
index 6bd7a49a891ac..fda45d570179a 100644
--- a/frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig.js
+++ b/frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var bundleEntries = require("./bundles");
 var BundleExtensionsPlugin = require("./BundleExtensionsPlugin");
 var WebpackOnBuildPlugin = require('on-build-webpack');
 var path = require('path');
+require('babel-polyfill')
 
 module.exports = {
   devtool: 'eval',
diff --git a/frontend_build/i18nLinerHandlebars.js b/frontend_build/i18nLinerHandlebars.js
index 378cde9203c25..d966a3c97d3b0 100644
--- a/frontend_build/i18nLinerHandlebars.js
+++ b/frontend_build/i18nLinerHandlebars.js
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 // compilation to extract i18nliner scopes, and then we wrap the resulting
 // template in an AMD module, giving it dependencies on handlebars, it's scoped
 // i18n object if it needs one, and any brandableCss variant stuff it needs.
-import Handlebars from 'handlebars'
-import {pick} from 'lodash'
-import {EmberHandlebars} from 'ember-template-compiler'
-import ScopedHbsExtractor from './../gems/canvas_i18nliner/js/scoped_hbs_extractor'
-import {allFingerprintsFor} from 'brandable_css/lib/main'
-import PreProcessor from './../gems/canvas_i18nliner/node_modules/i18nliner-handlebars/dist/lib/pre_processor'
-import './../gems/canvas_i18nliner/js/scoped_hbs_pre_processor'
+const Handlebars = require('handlebars')
+const {pick} = require('lodash')
+const {EmberHandlebars} = require('ember-template-compiler')
+const ScopedHbsExtractor = require('./../gems/canvas_i18nliner/js/scoped_hbs_extractor')
+const {allFingerprintsFor} = require('brandable_css/lib/main')
+const PreProcessor = require('./../gems/canvas_i18nliner/node_modules/i18nliner-handlebars/dist/lib/pre_processor')
+require('./../gems/canvas_i18nliner/js/scoped_hbs_pre_processor')
 
 const compileHandlebars = (data) => {
   const path = data.path
@@ -123,14 +123,14 @@ const buildPartialRequirements = (partialPaths) => {
   return requirements
 }
 
-export default function i18nLinerHandlebarsLoader (source) {
+module.exports = function i18nLinerHandlebarsLoader (source) {
   this.cacheable()
   const name = resourceName(this.resourcePath)
   const dependencies = ['handlebars']
 
-  var partialRegistration = emitPartialRegistration(this.resourcePath, name)
+  const partialRegistration = emitPartialRegistration(this.resourcePath, name)
 
-  var cssRegistration = buildCssReference(name)
+  const cssRegistration = buildCssReference(name)
   if (cssRegistration){
     // arguments[1] will be brandableCss
     dependencies.push('compiled/util/brandableCss')
@@ -149,6 +149,6 @@ export default function i18nLinerHandlebarsLoader (source) {
   if (result.translationCount > 0) {
     dependencies.push('i18n!' + result.scope)
   }
-  var compiledTemplate = emitTemplate(this.resourcePath, name, result, dependencies, cssRegistration, partialRegistration)
+  const compiledTemplate = emitTemplate(this.resourcePath, name, result, dependencies, cssRegistration, partialRegistration)
   return compiledTemplate
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f6b8a213e7a5f..e3b81c2895b56 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
     "webpack": "webpack --progress --color --watch",
     "webpack-development": "webpack --progress --color",
     "webpack-stats": "webpack --profile --json",
-    "webpack-test": "NODE_ENV=test webpack --progress --color --config webpack.test.config.babel.js",
-    "webpack-test-ember": "NODE_ENV=test WEBPACK_TEST_BUNDLE=ember webpack --progress --color --config webpack.test.config.babel.js",
-    "webpack-test-watch": "NODE_ENV=test webpack --progress --color --watch --config webpack.test.config.babel.js",
-    "webpack-production": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress --color --config webpack.production.config.babel.js"
+    "webpack-test": "NODE_ENV=test webpack --progress --color --config webpack.test.config.js",
+    "webpack-test-ember": "NODE_ENV=test WEBPACK_TEST_BUNDLE=ember webpack --progress --color --config webpack.test.config.js",
+    "webpack-test-watch": "NODE_ENV=test webpack --progress --color --watch --config webpack.test.config.js",
+    "webpack-production": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --progress --color --config webpack.production.config.js"
   }
 }
diff --git a/webpack.config.babel.js b/webpack.config.babel.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ab592aa3f132..0000000000000
--- a/webpack.config.babel.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import 'babel-polyfill'
-import webpackConfig from './frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig'
-export default webpackConfig
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d9c95cb869e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig')
diff --git a/webpack.production.config.babel.js b/webpack.production.config.js
similarity index 98%
rename from webpack.production.config.babel.js
rename to webpack.production.config.js
index 48fe1f36644d5..22e5a0f3097e1 100644
--- a/webpack.production.config.babel.js
+++ b/webpack.production.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import 'babel-polyfill'
 var webpack = require("webpack");
 var baseWebpackConfig = require("./frontend_build/baseWebpackConfig");
 var productionWebpackConfig = baseWebpackConfig;
diff --git a/webpack.test.config.babel.js b/webpack.test.config.js
similarity index 99%
rename from webpack.test.config.babel.js
rename to webpack.test.config.js
index f5dabb29ffe5d..2aa5e5765793d 100644
--- a/webpack.test.config.babel.js
+++ b/webpack.test.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import 'babel-polyfill'
 var webpack = require("webpack");
 var I18nPlugin = require("./frontend_build/i18nPlugin");
 var ClientAppsPlugin = require("./frontend_build/clientAppPlugin");