diff --git a/packages/kyt-core/config/jest.js b/packages/kyt-core/config/jest.js
index 36e336efc..a7bfac268 100644
--- a/packages/kyt-core/config/jest.js
+++ b/packages/kyt-core/config/jest.js
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ module.exports = (rootDir, aliases = {}) => ({
           resolveFromUtils('file.stub'),
       '^[./a-zA-Z0-9!&$_-]+\\.(css|scss)$':
           'identity-obj-proxy',
-      // when this is removed from the base webpack config, we can likely
-      // remove the runtime and include the polyfill in the test environment
-      'babel-runtime': require.resolve('babel-plugin-transform-runtime'),
     },
     aliases
   ),