diff --git a/babel.config.json b/babel.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b155f88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "plugins": [
+    ["@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties", { "loose": true }],
+    ["@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators", { "decoratorsBeforeExport": true }]
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2cf09cea..b8a4b7d8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -61,17 +61,6 @@
     "stylelint-config-ibmresearch": "~0.6.2",
     "typescript": "~4.2.2"
   },
-  "babel": {
-    "plugins": [
-      "@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties",
-      [
-        "@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators",
-        {
-          "decoratorsBeforeExport": true
-        }
-      ]
-    ]
-  },
   "eslintConfig": {
     "extends": "ibmresearch",
     "overrides": [