diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/filter-items.js b/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/filter-items.js
index 3ef007131d40..ac8809433bb9 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/filter-items.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/filter-items.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import semver from "semver";
 
+import pluginsCompatData from "@babel/compat-data/plugins";
+
 import type { Targets } from "./types";
 import {
   getLowestImplementedVersion,
@@ -55,6 +57,24 @@ export function targetsSupported(target: Targets, support: Targets) {
   return unsupportedEnvironments.length === 0;
 }
 
+export function isRequired(
+  name: string,
+  targets: Targets,
+  {
+    compatData = pluginsCompatData,
+    includes,
+    excludes,
+  }: {
+    compatData?: { [feature: string]: Targets },
+    includes?: Set<string>,
+    excludes?: Set<string>,
+  } = {},
+) {
+  if (excludes && excludes.has(name)) return false;
+  if (includes && includes.has(name)) return true;
+  return !targetsSupported(targets, compatData[name]);
+}
+
 export default function filterItems(
   list: { [feature: string]: Targets },
   includes: Set<string>,
@@ -65,12 +85,10 @@ export default function filterItems(
   pluginSyntaxMap?: Map<string, string | null>,
 ) {
   const result = new Set<string>();
+  const options = { compatData: list, includes, excludes };
 
   for (const item in list) {
-    if (
-      !excludes.has(item) &&
-      (!targetsSupported(targets, list[item]) || includes.has(item))
-    ) {
+    if (isRequired(item, targets, options)) {
       result.add(item);
     } else if (pluginSyntaxMap) {
       const shippedProposalsSyntax = pluginSyntaxMap.get(item);
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/index.js b/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/index.js
index 232027cb340c..747eb431211c 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/src/index.js
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export type { Targets };
 
 export { prettifyTargets } from "./pretty";
 export { getInclusionReasons } from "./debug";
-export { default as filterItems, targetsSupported } from "./filter-items";
+export { default as filterItems, isRequired } from "./filter-items";
 export { unreleasedLabels } from "./targets";
 
 const browserslistDefaults = browserslist.defaults;
diff --git a/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/test/targets-supported.js b/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/test/targets-supported.js
index ae9bd9a2d578..fd018172ef29 100644
--- a/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/test/targets-supported.js
+++ b/packages/babel-helper-compilation-targets/test/targets-supported.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use strict";
 
-const { targetsSupported } = require("../lib");
+const { targetsSupported } = require("../lib/filter-items");
 
 describe("targetsSupported", () => {
   const MAX_VERSION = `${Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}.0.0`;
diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js
index 5a5412053cd2..19cc41121464 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-env/src/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import removeRegeneratorEntryPlugin from "./polyfills/regenerator/entry-plugin";
 import getTargets, {
   prettifyTargets,
   filterItems,
-  targetsSupported,
+  isRequired,
   type Targets,
 } from "@babel/helper-compilation-targets";
 import availablePlugins from "./available-plugins";
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ import typeof ModuleTransformationsType from "./module-transformations";
 import type { BuiltInsOption, ModuleOption } from "./types";
 
 // TODO: Remove in Babel 8
-export function isPluginRequired(target: Targets, support: Targets) {
-  return !targetsSupported(target, support);
+export function isPluginRequired(targets: Targets, support: Targets) {
+  return !isRequired("fake-name", targets, {
+    compatData: { "fake-name": support },
+  });
 }
 
 const pluginListWithoutProposals = filterStageFromList(