diff --git a/.babelrc b/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 16f94529eaf..00000000000
--- a/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    [
-      "@babel/preset-env",
-      {
-        "targets": {
-          "node": "14",
-          "chrome": "61",
-          "safari": "11.3",
-          "firefox": "60",
-          "edge": "79"
-        }
-      }
-    ],
-    "@babel/preset-typescript",
-    ["@babel/preset-react", {"runtime": "automatic"}]
-  ],
-  "plugins": ["@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"]
-}
diff --git a/babel.config.cjs b/babel.config.cjs
deleted file mode 100644
index 2803b284656..00000000000
--- a/babel.config.cjs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-'use strict'
-
-/* eslint-disable no-sync */
-
-const fs = require('fs')
-const path = require('path')
-
-const babelrc = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, '.babelrc'), 'utf8'))
-
-module.exports = {
-  ...babelrc,
-  babelrcRoots: ['.', ...require('./lerna.json').packages],
-}
diff --git a/test/config.cjs b/test/config.cjs
index 0b6fdd3ac3c..bf33dc3e5a6 100644
--- a/test/config.cjs
+++ b/test/config.cjs
@@ -73,8 +73,29 @@ exports.createJestConfig = function createJestConfig(
       ...transform,
       '\\.[jt]sx?$': [
         'babel-jest',
-        // rootMode upwards makes use of the global babel.config.js
-        {rootMode: 'upward'},
+        {
+          // Don't look for babel.config.{ts,js,json} files or .babelrc files
+          configFile: false,
+          babelrc: false,
+          // The rest is only needed by Jest, if Jest is updated to no longer need babel then this can be removed as well as related dependencies
+          presets: [
+            [
+              '@babel/preset-env',
+              {
+                targets: {
+                  node: '14',
+                  chrome: '61',
+                  safari: '11.3',
+                  firefox: '60',
+                  edge: '79',
+                },
+              },
+            ],
+            '@babel/preset-typescript',
+            ['@babel/preset-react', {runtime: 'automatic'}],
+          ],
+          plugins: ['@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties'],
+        },
       ],
     },
     snapshotFormat: {