diff --git a/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-2.ts b/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-2.ts
index d1bd3788d1a2..440052f35443 100644
--- a/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-2.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-2.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ export default (_: any, opts: any = {}) => {
         babelPlugins.proposalRecordAndTuple,
         { syntaxType: recordAndTupleSyntax },
       ],
-      babelPlugins.syntaxExplicitResourceManagement,
       babelPlugins.syntaxModuleBlocks,
       babelPlugins.syntaxImportReflection,
     ],
diff --git a/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-3.ts b/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-3.ts
index d7a3c92744f3..7a9925d27e78 100644
--- a/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-3.ts
+++ b/packages/babel-standalone/src/preset-stage-3.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default (_: any, opts: any = {}) => {
       },
     ],
     babelPlugins.proposalRegexpModifiers,
+    babelPlugins.proposalExplicitResourceManagement,
     // These are Stage 4
     ...(process.env.BABEL_8_BREAKING
       ? []