diff --git a/build/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js b/build/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js
index d2d0cf9e..9aa2cd37 100644
--- a/build/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js
+++ b/build/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ var LinkObject = _interopRequire(require("../../types/LinkObject"));
 
 var APIError = _interopRequire(require("../../types/APIError"));
 
-var polyfill = _interopRequire(require("babel/polyfill"));
-
 var MongooseAdapter = (function () {
   function MongooseAdapter(models, inflector, idGenerator) {
     _classCallCheck(this, MongooseAdapter);
diff --git a/build/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js b/build/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js
index 1fcac5fa..f728795b 100644
--- a/build/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js
+++ b/build/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ var APIError = _interopRequire(require("../../types/APIError"));
 
 var arrayContains = require("../../util/arrays").arrayContains;
 
-var polyfill = _interopRequire(require("babel/polyfill"));
-
-//needed for string instance methods.
-
 module.exports = function (requestContext, responseContext, registry) {
   var type = requestContext.type;
   var adapter = registry.adapter(type);
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f422f708..d93310aa 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require('babel/polyfill');
+
 module.exports = {
   adapters: {
     Mongoose: require('./build/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter')
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 780fa893..f8e5aaf5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   },
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
+    "babel": "4.7.x",
     "babel-runtime": "4.7.x",
     "express": "4.x.x",
     "co": "4.5.x",
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@
     "negotiator": "0.5.x"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel": "4.7.x",
     "babel-eslint": "2.x.x",
     "eslint": "^0.x.x",
     "chai": "~1.9.0",
diff --git a/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js b/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js
index a306695e..c4cd5a1a 100644
--- a/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js
+++ b/src/adapters/Mongoose/MongooseAdapter.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import Collection from "../../types/Collection";
 import Linkage from "../../types/Linkage";
 import LinkObject from "../../types/LinkObject";
 import APIError from "../../types/APIError";
-import polyfill from "babel/polyfill";
 
 export default class MongooseAdapter {
   constructor(models, inflector, idGenerator) {
diff --git a/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js b/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js
index f1cb5ddf..109e5c2f 100644
--- a/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js
+++ b/src/steps/do-query/do-get.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import APIError from "../../types/APIError";
 import {arrayContains} from "../../util/arrays";
-import polyfill from "babel/polyfill"; //needed for string instance methods.
 
 export default function(requestContext, responseContext, registry) {
   let type    = requestContext.type;