diff --git a/examples/gh-pages/.babelrc b/examples/gh-pages/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index e1580ad7a468..000000000000
--- a/examples/gh-pages/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    "next/babel"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    ["transform-define", "./env-config.js"]
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/examples/gh-pages/.babelrc.js b/examples/gh-pages/.babelrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..63418a1ef92b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/gh-pages/.babelrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const env = require('./env-config')
+
+module.exports = {
+  'presets': [
+    'next/babel'
+  ],
+  'plugins': [
+    ['transform-define', env]
+  ]
+}