diff --git a/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/babel.config.json b/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/babel.config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..566ae4b326f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/babel.config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "__description__": "This is here to prove that babel.config.json does not get used by babel-loader. It's not used for the compilation of this project.",
+  "plugins": [
+    "doesnt-exist"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/index.js b/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/index.js
index c978f4217c31..f2133038b41b 100644
--- a/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/index.js
+++ b/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/index.js
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ const getDefaultWebpackOptions = () => {
               [require.resolve('@babel/preset-env'), { modules: 'commonjs', targets: { 'chrome': '64' } }],
               require.resolve('@babel/preset-react'),
             ],
+            configFile: false,
+            babelrc: false,
           },
         }],
       }, {
diff --git a/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/test/fixtures/.babelrc b/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/test/fixtures/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0fce3eb27633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/npm/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor/test/fixtures/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "__description__": "This is here to prove that .babelrc does not get used by babel-loader. It's not used for the compilation of this project.",
+  "plugins": [
+    "doesnt-exist"
+  ]
+}