diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/.babelrc b/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 0339d5d0ee6a..000000000000
--- a/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "presets": ["env"]
-}
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/package.json b/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/package.json
index beec13d57258..e4d89d580357 100644
--- a/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/package.json
+++ b/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "license": "AFL-3.0",
     "dependencies": {
         "@galaxyproject/charts": "^0.1.0",
-        "babel-preset-env": "^1.6.1",
         "backbone": "^1.3.3",
         "bootstrap": "^3.3.7",
         "d3": "^3.4.5",
diff --git a/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/src/nvd3.js b/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/src/nvd3.js
index 56eb8dda9c39..9fa4f7d81b69 100644
--- a/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/src/nvd3.js
+++ b/config/plugins/visualizations/nvd3/nvd3_bar/src/nvd3.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 /** This is the common wrapper for nvd3 based visualizations. */
 import * as d3 from "d3";
-import * as nv from "nvd3";
 import * as Backbone from "backbone";
 import * as _ from "underscore";
 
+import "nvd3";
+
 // TODO Disentangle jquery in the future
 /* global $ */