diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/README.md b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/README.md
index d9ebe61f3f64..a70cb1c721db 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/README.md
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/README.md
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ Additional configuration options can be set in your ESLint configuration under t
 - `sourceType` can be set to `"module"`(default) or `"script"` if your code isn't using ECMAScript modules.
 - `allowImportExportEverywhere` (default `false`) can be set to `true` to allow import and export declarations to appear anywhere a statement is allowed if your build environment supports that. Otherwise import and export declarations can only appear at a program's top level.
 - `ecmaFeatures.globalReturn` (default `false`) allow return statements in the global scope when used with `sourceType: "script"`.
-- `babelOptions` passes through Babel's configuration [loading](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/options#config-loading-options) and [merging](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/options#config-merging-options) options (for instance, in case of a monorepo). When not defined, @babel/eslint-parser will use Babel's default configuration file resolution logic.
+- `babelOptions` is an object containing Babel configuration [options](https://babeljs.io/docs/en/options) that are passed to Babel's parser at runtime.  For cases where users might not want to use a Babel configuration file or are running Babel through another tool (such as Webpack with `babel-loader`).
 
 **.eslintrc.js**
 
diff --git a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js
index e6d036372f12..529e2d49e8ed 100644
--- a/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js
+++ b/eslint/babel-eslint-parser/src/configuration.js
@@ -15,21 +15,6 @@ export function normalizeBabelParseConfig(options) {
   const parseOptions = {
     sourceType: options.sourceType,
     filename: options.filePath,
-    cwd: options.babelOptions.cwd,
-    root: options.babelOptions.root,
-    rootMode: options.babelOptions.rootMode,
-    envName: options.babelOptions.envName,
-    configFile: options.babelOptions.configFile,
-    babelrc: options.babelOptions.babelrc,
-    babelrcRoots: options.babelOptions.babelrcRoots,
-    extends: options.babelOptions.extends,
-    env: options.babelOptions.env,
-    overrides: options.babelOptions.overrides,
-    test: options.babelOptions.test,
-    include: options.babelOptions.include,
-    exclude: options.babelOptions.exclude,
-    ignore: options.babelOptions.ignore,
-    only: options.babelOptions.only,
     parserOpts: {
       allowImportExportEverywhere: options.allowImportExportEverywhere,
       allowReturnOutsideFunction: true,
@@ -41,6 +26,7 @@ export function normalizeBabelParseConfig(options) {
     caller: {
       name: "@babel/eslint-parser",
     },
+    ...options.babelOptions,
   };
 
   if (options.requireConfigFile !== false) {