diff --git a/assets/js/plugin-preload.js b/assets/js/plugin-preload.js
index 993378bb2..f3d8ff252 100644
--- a/assets/js/plugin-preload.js
+++ b/assets/js/plugin-preload.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const APPDATA_PATH = remote.getGlobal('APPDATA_PATH')
 const config = remote.require('./lib/config')
 
 require('module').globalPaths.unshift(MODULE_PATH)
-require('@babel/register')(require(`${ROOT}/babel.config`))
+require('@babel/register')(require(`${ROOT}/babel-register.config`))
 require('coffee-react/register')
 async function setPath() {
   require(`${ROOT}/lib/module-path`).setAllowedPath([
diff --git a/babel-register.config.js b/babel-register.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f66d7f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel-register.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const babelConfig = require('./babel.config')
+
+module.exports = {
+  ...babelConfig,
+  extensions: ['.es', '.ts', '.tsx'],
+  cache: false,
+}
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 8d1a039f2..e6969fac5 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-const { omit } = require('lodash')
-
-const config = {
+module.exports = {
   presets: [
     [
       require.resolve('@babel/preset-env'),
@@ -41,13 +39,4 @@ const config = {
   ignore: [],
   only: [/\.(es|ts|tsx)$/],
   babelrc: false,
-  extensions: ['.es', '.ts', '.tsx'],
-  cache: false,
-}
-
-module.exports = config
-
-// babel-jest does not support extra config options
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test') {
-  module.exports = omit(config, ['extensions', 'cache'])
 }
diff --git a/content/merge-content.js b/content/merge-content.js
index 01fe432ca..42f1a2590 100644
--- a/content/merge-content.js
+++ b/content/merge-content.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * usage: node merge-content.js
  */
 
-require('@babel/register')(require('../babel.config'))
+require('@babel/register')(require('../babel-register.config'))
 const glob = require('glob')
 const matter = require('gray-matter')
 const Promise = require('bluebird')
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index dcb1f8d48..70593f405 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-require('@babel/register')(require('./babel.config'))
+require('@babel/register')(require('./babel-register.config'))
 const gulp = require('gulp')
 const childProcess = require('child_process')
 const { trim } = require('lodash')
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 10d010968..f019b1a58 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   <script>
     window.isMain = true
     require('coffee-script/register');
-    require('@babel/register')(require('./babel.config'));
+    require('@babel/register')(require('./babel-register.config'));
     require('./views/env');
   </script>
 </head>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ac20f3671..86b6fd91b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 try {
   require('./lib/cli')
 } catch (e) {
-  require('@babel/register')(require('./babel.config'))
+  require('@babel/register')(require('./babel-register.config'))
   require('./lib/cli')
 } finally {
   require('./app')
diff --git a/views/env.es b/views/env.es
index 7e7a2961e..d26b702e6 100644
--- a/views/env.es
+++ b/views/env.es
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require('coffee-react/register')
-require('@babel/register')(require('../babel.config'))
+require('@babel/register')(require('../babel-register.config'))
 import path from 'path-extra'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import { remote } from 'electron'