diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c13c5f627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["es2015"]
+}
diff --git a/lib/loader.js b/lib/loader.js
index c44f810f9..dfd5877bf 100644
--- a/lib/loader.js
+++ b/lib/loader.js
@@ -49,11 +49,7 @@ module.exports = function (content) {
   var defaultLoaders = {
     html: templateCompilerPath + '?id=' + moduleId,
     css: styleLoaderPath + '!css-loader' + (needCssSourceMap ? '?sourceMap' : ''),
-    js: hasBabel
-      ? this.options.babel
-        ? 'babel-loader' // respect user options
-        : 'babel-loader?presets[]=es2015&plugins[]=transform-runtime&comments=false'
-      : ''
+    js: hasBabel ? 'babel-loader' : ''
   }
 
   // check if there are custom loaders specified via
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cd6a58eda..b27308d35 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.8.0",
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-runtime": "^6.8.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
-    "babel-runtime": "^6.0.0",
     "chai": "^3.0.0",
     "coffee-loader": "^0.7.2",
     "coffee-script": "^1.10.0",