diff --git a/web/.babelrc b/web/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a1519d0..00000000
--- a/web/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-// needed to extract .babelrc from next.config.js because storybook wasn't using next's babel config
-{
-  "presets": ["next/babel"],
-  "plugins": ["@emotion"] // mainly to enable https://emotion.sh/docs/styled#targeting-another-emotion-component
-}
diff --git a/web/next.config.js b/web/next.config.js
index a1f4f587..30326c22 100644
--- a/web/next.config.js
+++ b/web/next.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const nextConfig = {
+  compiler: {
+    emotion: true,
+  },
   pageExtensions: ["page.tsx", "page.ts", "page.jsx", "page.js"],
   reactStrictMode: true,
   swcMinify: true,