diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c16b275cb..0000000000
--- a/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    "@babel/preset-env",
-    "@babel/preset-react",
-    "@lingui/babel-preset-react"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    "macros",
-    "@babel/plugin-syntax-dynamic-import",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime"
-  ]
-}