diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b85a3da..2f561a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
     "react": "^15.3.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel-template": "^6.26.0",
-    "babel-traverse": "^6.26.0",
     "babylon": "^6.18.0",
     "lodash.isplainobject": "^4.0.6",
     "resolve": "^1.8.1",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 31aa0e3..4870724 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import { extname, dirname } from 'path';
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
-import template from 'babel-template';
-import traverse from 'babel-traverse';
 import { parse } from 'babylon';
 import resolve from 'resolve';
 
@@ -10,18 +8,18 @@ import escapeBraces from './escapeBraces';
 import transformSvg from './transformSvg';
 import fileExistsWithCaseSync from './fileExistsWithCaseSync';
 
-const buildSvg = template(`
+let ignoreRegex;
+
+export default ({ template, traverse, types: t }) => {
+  const buildSvg = template(`
   var SVG_NAME = function SVG_NAME(props) { return SVG_CODE; };
 `);
 
-const buildSvgWithDefaults = template(`
+  const buildSvgWithDefaults = template(`
   var SVG_NAME = function SVG_NAME(props) { return SVG_CODE; };
   SVG_NAME.defaultProps = SVG_DEFAULT_PROPS_CODE;
 `);
 
-let ignoreRegex;
-
-export default ({ types: t }) => {
   function applyPlugin(importIdentifier, importPath, path, state) {
     if (typeof importPath !== 'string') {
       throw new TypeError('`applyPlugin` `importPath` must be a string');