diff --git a/config/webpack.js b/config/webpack.js
index eab87579e..6f60afc99 100644
--- a/config/webpack.js
+++ b/config/webpack.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const webpack = require('webpack')
 const path = require('path')
 const upperFirst = require('lodash.upperfirst')
 const camelCase = require('lodash.camelcase')
@@ -44,11 +43,7 @@ const shared = {
     modules: [
       'node_modules',
       path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules')
-    ],
-    alias: {
-      http: require.resolve('stream-http'),
-      https: require.resolve('https-browserify')
-    }
+    ]
   },
   resolveLoader: {
     modules: [
@@ -67,59 +62,15 @@ const shared = {
       include: /node_modules\/(hoek|qs|wreck|boom|ipfs|promisify-es|whatwg-fetch|node-fetch|isomorphic-fetch|db\.js)/,
       loader: 'babel',
       query: babel
-    }, {
-      test: /\.js$/,
-      include: /node_modules\/cbor/,
-      loader: 'babel',
-      query: {
-        plugins: [
-          // All things supported by node >= 4.0
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-template-literals',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-literals',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-function-name',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-block-scoped-functions',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-classes',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-object-super',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-shorthand-properties',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-duplicate-keys',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-computed-properties',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-for-of',
-          // 'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-sticky-regex',
-          // 'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-unicode-regex',
-          'babel-plugin-check-es2015-constants',
-          // 'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-spread',
-          // 'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-parameters',
-          // 'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-destructuring',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-block-scoping',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-typeof-symbol',
-          // 'babel-plugin-transform-es2015-modules-commonjs',
-          'babel-plugin-transform-regenerator'
-        ].map((p) => require.resolve(p))
-      }
     }, {
       test: /\.json$/,
       loader: 'json'
-    }, {
-      test: /\.js$/,
-      loader: 'transform?brfs',
-      enforce: 'pre'
     }]
   },
-  externals: {
-    net: '{}',
-    fs: '{}',
-    tls: '{}',
-    console: '{}',
-    'require-dir': '{}',
-    ursa: '{}'
-  },
   node: {
     Buffer: true
   },
-  plugins: [
-    new webpack.DefinePlugin({'fs.writeSync': false})
-  ]
+  plugins: []
 }
 
 const dev = merge(shared, {