diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4af63f57dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "presets": [["@babel/preset-env", { "targets": { "node": "current" } }]],
+  "plugins": [
+    "./resources/inline-invariant",
+    "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types"
+  ],
+  "overrides": [
+    {
+      "exclude": ["**/__tests__/**/*", "**/__fixtures__/**/*"],
+      "presets": ["@babel/preset-env"],
+      "plugins": [
+        ["@babel/plugin-transform-classes", { "loose": true }],
+        ["@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring", { "loose": true }],
+        ["@babel/plugin-transform-spread", { "loose": true }],
+        ["@babel/plugin-transform-for-of", { "assumeArray": true }]
+      ],
+      "env": {
+        "cjs": {
+          "presets": [["@babel/preset-env", { "modules": "commonjs" }]]
+        },
+        "mjs": {
+          "presets": [["@babel/preset-env", { "modules": false }]]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.babelrc.js b/.babelrc.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 2287ba5ada..0000000000
--- a/.babelrc.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-module.exports = {
-  presets: [['@babel/preset-env', { targets: { node: 'current' } }]],
-  plugins: [
-    './resources/inline-invariant',
-    '@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types',
-  ],
-  overrides: [
-    {
-      exclude: ['**/__tests__/**/*', '**/__fixtures__/**/*'],
-      presets: ['@babel/preset-env'],
-      plugins: [
-        ['@babel/plugin-transform-classes', { loose: true }],
-        ['@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring', { loose: true }],
-        ['@babel/plugin-transform-spread', { loose: true }],
-        ['@babel/plugin-transform-for-of', { assumeArray: true }],
-      ],
-      env: {
-        cjs: {
-          presets: [['@babel/preset-env', { modules: 'commonjs' }]],
-        },
-        mjs: {
-          presets: [['@babel/preset-env', { modules: false }]],
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  ],
-};