diff --git a/examples/with-universal-configuration/.babelrc b/examples/with-universal-configuration/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index e1580ad7a468ae104d51884862d770a1e3932ab6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/examples/with-universal-configuration/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    "next/babel"
-  ],
-  "plugins": [
-    ["transform-define", "./env-config.js"]
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/examples/with-universal-configuration/.babelrc.js b/examples/with-universal-configuration/.babelrc.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5d41651bbc636b0d4390d9c00948e5f50d1d68ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/with-universal-configuration/.babelrc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+const env = require('./env-config.js')
+
+module.exports = {
+  presets: ['next/babel'],
+  plugins: [['transform-define', env]]
+}
diff --git a/examples/with-universal-configuration/package.json b/examples/with-universal-configuration/package.json
index 317d9dce1b1aaafee96226b2556756c26f0156b9..585b9e518b567354f93f3b06d622acc59acfc312 100644
--- a/examples/with-universal-configuration/package.json
+++ b/examples/with-universal-configuration/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "react-dom": "^16.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-plugin-transform-define": "^1.2.0"
+    "babel-plugin-transform-define": "^1.3.0"
   },
   "license": "ISC"
 }