diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..092bf39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: [
+    [
+      "@babel/preset-env",
+      {
+        targets: {
+          node: "10",
+        },
+      },
+    ],
+  ],
+  plugins: ["@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread", "istanbul"],
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 295e894e..df3d19e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -88,22 +88,6 @@
     "strip-bom": "4.0.0",
     "strip-json-comments": "3.0.1"
   },
-  "babel": {
-    "presets": [
-      [
-        "@babel/preset-env",
-        {
-          "targets": {
-            "node": "10"
-          }
-        }
-      ]
-    ],
-    "plugins": [
-      "@babel/plugin-proposal-object-rest-spread",
-      "istanbul"
-    ]
-  },
   "nyc": {
     "extends": "@istanbuljs/nyc-config-babel",
     "exclude": [