diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3657ce46f61b6..377ad13d641f5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@elastic/eslint-config-kibana": "0.5.0",
     "@elastic/eslint-plugin-kibana-custom": "1.0.3",
-    "@spalger/babel-presets": "0.3.2",
     "angular-mocks": "1.4.7",
     "auto-release-sinon": "1.0.3",
     "babel-eslint": "6.1.2",
diff --git a/ui_framework/.babelrc b/ui_framework/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f3449c2e3053..0000000000000
--- a/ui_framework/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": ["react", "@spalger/babel-presets"]
-}
diff --git a/ui_framework/doc_site/webpack.config.js b/ui_framework/doc_site/webpack.config.js
index 96736fba6bd12..b29c564ad2848 100644
--- a/ui_framework/doc_site/webpack.config.js
+++ b/ui_framework/doc_site/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
-
+const babelPreset = require('../../src/optimize/babel/helpers').webpackPreset;
 module.exports = {
   devtool: 'source-map',
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module.exports = {
       loader: 'babel',
       exclude: /node_modules/,
       query: {
-        presets: ['es2015', 'react'],
+        presets: [babelPreset],
       },
     }, {
       test: /\.scss$/,