diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/package.json b/packages/docusaurus/package.json
index 56b1c97e7bd7..80eb736909ce 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/package.json
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/package.json
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@
     "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "^3.1.0",
     "webpack-dev-server": "^3.2.1",
     "webpack-merge": "^4.1.4",
-    "webpack-nicelog": "^2.3.1",
-    "webpack-node-externals": "^1.7.2"
+    "webpack-nicelog": "^2.3.1"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.8.4",
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/PendingNavigation.js b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/PendingNavigation.js
index c4e4327108f4..b9c9ce3b51ee 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/PendingNavigation.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/PendingNavigation.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import React from 'react';
 import {Route, withRouter} from 'react-router-dom';
 import nprogress from 'nprogress';
 import preload from './preload';
-import './nprogress.css';
+import 'nprogress/nprogress.css';
 
 nprogress.configure({showSpinner: false});
 
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/nprogress.css b/packages/docusaurus/src/client/nprogress.css
deleted file mode 100644
index ca5b040bafad..000000000000
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/client/nprogress.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- */
-
-/* Make clicks pass-through */
-#nprogress {
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-#nprogress .bar {
-  background: #29d;
-  position: fixed;
-  z-index: 1031;
-  top: 0;
-  left: 0;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 2px;
-}
-
-/* Fancy blur effect */
-#nprogress .peg {
-  display: block;
-  position: absolute;
-  right: 0px;
-  width: 100px;
-  height: 100%;
-  box-shadow: 0 0 10px #29d, 0 0 5px #29d;
-  opacity: 1.0;
-  -webkit-transform: rotate(3deg) translate(0px, -4px);
-  -ms-transform: rotate(3deg) translate(0px, -4px);
-  transform: rotate(3deg) translate(0px, -4px);
-}
-
-/* Remove these to get rid of the spinner */
-#nprogress .spinner {
-  display: block;
-  position: fixed;
-  z-index: 1031;
-  top: 15px;
-  right: 15px;
-}
-
-#nprogress .spinner-icon {
-  width: 18px;
-  height: 18px;
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-  border: solid 2px transparent;
-  border-top-color: #29d;
-  border-left-color: #29d;
-  border-radius: 50%;
-  -webkit-animation: nprogress-spinner 400ms linear infinite;
-  animation: nprogress-spinner 400ms linear infinite;
-}
-
-.nprogress-custom-parent {
-  overflow: hidden;
-  position: relative;
-}
-
-.nprogress-custom-parent #nprogress .spinner,
-.nprogress-custom-parent #nprogress .bar {
-  position: absolute;
-}
-
-@-webkit-keyframes nprogress-spinner {
-  0%   { -webkit-transform: rotate(0deg); }
-  100% { -webkit-transform: rotate(360deg); }
-}
-@keyframes nprogress-spinner {
-  0%   { transform: rotate(0deg); }
-  100% { transform: rotate(360deg); }
-}
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.js b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.js
index 814f670af092..1a8211a1b080 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/server.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
-const nodeExternals = require('webpack-node-externals');
 const path = require('path');
 const StaticSiteGeneratorPlugin = require('static-site-generator-webpack-plugin');
 const WebpackNiceLog = require('webpack-nicelog');
@@ -37,8 +36,6 @@ module.exports = function createServerConfig(props) {
       globalObject: 'this',
     },
     target: 'node',
-    // No need to bundle its node_modules dependencies since we're bundling for static html generation (backend)
-    externals: [nodeExternals()],
     plugins: [
       // Wait until manifest from client bundle is generated
       new WaitPlugin({
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a4583dec120c..58ef816d2bfe 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -13946,11 +13946,6 @@ webpack-nicelog@^2.3.1:
     react-dev-utils "^5.0.1"
     webpackbar "^2.6.1"
 
-webpack-node-externals@^1.7.2:
-  version "1.7.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-node-externals/-/webpack-node-externals-1.7.2.tgz#6e1ee79ac67c070402ba700ef033a9b8d52ac4e3"
-  integrity sha512-ajerHZ+BJKeCLviLUUmnyd5B4RavLF76uv3cs6KNuO8W+HuQaEs0y0L7o40NQxdPy5w0pcv8Ew7yPUAQG0UdCg==
-
 webpack-sources@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-0.2.3.tgz#17c62bfaf13c707f9d02c479e0dcdde8380697fb"