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       "integrity": "sha1-ajhfuIU9lS1f8F0Oiq+UJ43GPc8=",
       "requires": {
         "ansi-regex": "^2.0.0"
@@ -13027,7 +13048,7 @@
     },
     "underscore.string": {
       "version": "2.4.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/underscore.string/-/underscore.string-2.4.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/underscore.string/-/underscore.string-2.4.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-jN2PusTi0uoefi6Al8QvRCKA+Fs="
     },
     "union-value": {
@@ -13342,13 +13363,6 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-IpnwLG3tMNSllhsLn3RSShj2NPw=",
       "dev": true
     },
-    "velocity-vector": {
-      "version": "github:vector-im/velocity#059e3b2348f1110888d033974d3109fd5a3af00f",
-      "from": "github:vector-im/velocity#059e3b2",
-      "requires": {
-        "jquery": ">= 1.4.3"
-      }
-    },
     "verror": {
       "version": "1.10.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/verror/-/verror-1.10.0.tgz",
@@ -14318,7 +14332,7 @@
     },
     "wrap-ansi": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
+      "resolved": "http://registry.npmjs.org/wrap-ansi/-/wrap-ansi-2.1.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-2Pw9KE3QV5T+hJc8rs3Rz4JP3YU=",
       "requires": {
         "string-width": "^1.0.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a3e2ec54caf..b2abcc06edf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
     "karma-webpack": "4.0.0-beta.0",
     "matrix-mock-request": "^1.2.2",
     "matrix-react-test-utils": "^0.2.0",
-    "memfs": "^2.10.1",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
     "mkdirp": "^0.5.1",
     "mocha": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 464e87a48a1..f335aa3c1bb 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -106,21 +106,8 @@ module.exports = {
 
             // same goes for js-sdk
             "matrix-js-sdk": path.resolve('./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk'),
-
-            // To make webpack happy
-            // Related: https://github.com/request/request/issues/1529
-            // (there's no mock available for fs, so we fake a mock by using
-            // an in-memory version of fs)
-            "fs": "memfs",
         },
     },
-    node: {
-        // Because webpack is made of fail
-        // https://github.com/request/request/issues/1529
-        // Note: 'mock' is the new 'empty'
-        net: 'mock',
-        tls: 'mock'
-    },
     externals: {
         // Don't try to bundle electron: leave it as a commonjs dependency
         // (the 'commonjs' here means it will output a 'require')