diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 481f7c6b06..1cf71fedf8 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const bundleOutputDir = path.resolve(staticFilesDir, 'studio');
 module.exports = (env = {}) => {
   const dev = env.dev;
   const hot = env.hot;
-  const base = baseConfig({ mode: dev ? 'development' : 'production', hot, cache: dev });
+  const base = baseConfig({ mode: dev ? 'development' : 'production', hot, cache: dev, transpile: !dev });
 
   if (String(base.module.rules[1].test) !== String(/\.css$/)) {
     throw Error('Check base webpack configuration for update of location of css loader');