diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index e062e6bc84..0000000000
--- a/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "presets": [
-        "@babel/preset-env",
-        "@babel/react"
-    ],
-    "plugins": [
-        [
-            "formatjs",
-            {
-                "idInterpolationPattern": "[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]",
-                "ast": true
-            }
-        ]
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d62b4d612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: ['@babel/preset-env', '@babel/react'],
+  plugins: [
+    [
+      'formatjs',
+      {
+        idInterpolationPattern: '[sha512:contenthash:base64:6]',
+        ast: true,
+      },
+    ],
+  ],
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7ab6a89fea..b686517aeb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@
     ],
     "modulePaths": [
       "<rootDir>/src/openforms/js"
+    ],
+    "transformIgnorePatterns": [
+      "/node_modules/(?!@open-formulieren/formio-builder)/",
+      "\\.pnp\\.[^\\\/]+$"
     ]
   },
   "browserslist": [