diff --git a/vue.config.js b/vue.config.js
index 466b4b37c84..01446d6b661 100644
--- a/vue.config.js
+++ b/vue.config.js
@@ -39,31 +39,7 @@ module.exports = {
 					{
 						from: 'lib/ui-library/public/styles/tinymce',
 						to: '../lib/pkp/styles/tinymce'
-					},
-
-					// copy jquery and jquery-ui from node_modules to lib/pkp composer's vendor dir
-					{
-						from: 'node_modules/jquery/dist/',
-						to: '../lib/pkp/lib/vendor/components/jquery/',
-					},
-					{
-						from: 'node_modules/jquery-ui/dist/**/*.js',
-						to: '../lib/pkp/lib/vendor/components/jqueryui/[name][ext]',
-					},
-
-					// copy jquery-validation and Chart.js from node_modules to lib/pkp/js/lib
-					{
-						from: 'node_modules/jquery-validation/dist/',
-						to: '../lib/pkp/js/lib/jquery/plugins/validate/',
-					},
-					{
-						from: 'node_modules/chart.js/dist/Chart.js',
-						to: '../lib/pkp/js/lib/[name][ext]',
-					},
-					{
-						from: 'node_modules/chart.js/dist/Chart.min.js',
-						to: '../lib/pkp/js/lib/[name][ext]',
-					},
+					}
 				]
 			})
 		],