diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
index 444ffade..996d3b65 100644
--- a/.babelrc
+++ b/.babelrc
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-    "presets": [ "react", "es2015" ]
+    "presets": [ "react", "es2015" ],
+    "plugins": [ "transform-class-properties" ]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0225eaf..66dcd7d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
     "babel-core": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-jest": "^19.0.0",
     "babel-loader": "^7.0.0",
+    "babel-plugin-transform-class-properties": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.24.1",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.24.1",
     "babelify": "^7.3.0",
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "classnames": "^2.2.5",
-    "create-react-class": "^15.5.2",
     "react-easy-swipe": "^0.0.10",
     "prop-types": "^15.5.8"
   }
diff --git a/tasks/browserify.js b/tasks/browserify.js
index 493fc608..9f722cb3 100644
--- a/tasks/browserify.js
+++ b/tasks/browserify.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
 		// using dev components
 		entries: [configs.paths.source + '/main.js'],
 		// using npm components
-   	transform: [["babelify", {presets: ["es2015", "react"]}]],
+   	    transform: ["babelify"],
 		debug: isDevelopment,
 		fullPaths: isDevelopment,
 		extension: ['js']