diff --git a/etc/karma.conf.ci.js b/etc/karma.conf.ci.js
index b0442f3..c094fc5 100644
--- a/etc/karma.conf.ci.js
+++ b/etc/karma.conf.ci.js
@@ -27,25 +27,8 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
 
     preprocessors: {
       [bundle]: ['coverage', 'webpack', 'sourcemap'],
-      [specs]: ['coverage', 'webpack', 'babel', 'sourcemap']
+      [specs]: ['webpack', 'sourcemap']
     },
 
-    babelPreprocessor: {
-      options: {
-        presets: ['es2015'],
-        plugins: [
-          "transform-decorators-legacy",
-          "transform-es2015-arrow-functions",
-          "transform-es2015-block-scoping",
-          "transform-es2015-classes",
-          "transform-es2015-constants",
-          "transform-es2015-destructuring",
-          "transform-es2015-modules-commonjs",
-          "transform-es2015-object-super",
-          "transform-class-properties"
-        ]
-      }
-    }
-
   });
 };
diff --git a/etc/karma.conf.js b/etc/karma.conf.js
index 1d388bf..5a73e41 100755
--- a/etc/karma.conf.js
+++ b/etc/karma.conf.js
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
      * we are building the test environment in ./spec-bundle.js
      */
     files: [
-      'node_modules/babel-polyfill/dist/polyfill.js',
       bundle
     ],
 
diff --git a/etc/webpack.common.js b/etc/webpack.common.js
index 2e339b8..976cdf5 100755
--- a/etc/webpack.common.js
+++ b/etc/webpack.common.js
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ var config = {
        *
        * See: https://github.com/s-panferov/awesome-typescript-loader
        */
-      // note that babel-loader is configured to run after ts-loader
       {
         test: /\.ts$/,
         loaders: ['awesome-typescript-loader']
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b598103..cfbcae6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@
     "@types/source-map": "0.5.0",
     "@types/uglify-js": "2.6.28",
     "awesome-typescript-loader": "3.1.3",
-    "babel-core": "6.24.0",
-    "babel-loader": "6.4.1",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-class-properties": "6.23.0",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy": "1.3.4",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-arrow-functions": "6.22.0",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-block-scoping": "6.23.0",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-es2015-constants": "6.1.4",
-    "babel-polyfill": "6.23.0",
-    "babel-preset-es2015": "6.24.0",
     "codelyzer": "3.0.0",
     "concurrently": "3.4.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "4.0.1",
@@ -58,7 +49,6 @@
     "jasmine-core": "2.5.2",
     "json-loader": "0.5.4",
     "karma": "1.6.0",
-    "karma-babel-preprocessor": "6.0.1",
     "karma-chrome-launcher": "2.0.0",
     "karma-coverage": "1.1.1",
     "karma-jasmine": "1.1.0",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 464786e..896a84d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
     ]
   },
   "awesomeTypescriptLoaderOptions": {
-    "useBabel": true,
     "useCache": true
   },
   "compileOnSave": false,