diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/ee_switch_mr_widget_options.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/ee_switch_mr_widget_options.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8780aa4bd1c347dd3576ef093538b3fc5d8979cc..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/ee_switch_mr_widget_options.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import MRWidgetOptions from './mr_widget_options.vue';
-
-export default MRWidgetOptions;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/index.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/index.js
index 60cebbfc2b29653f327c1a94f6532dbb13ef2d59..0cedbdbdfef22ae4c386f4d7ce69893d56cef0f3 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/index.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue';
-import MrWidgetOptions from './ee_switch_mr_widget_options';
+import MrWidgetOptions from 'ee_else_ce/vue_merge_request_widget/mr_widget_options.vue';
 import Translate from '../vue_shared/translate';
 
 Vue.use(Translate);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/mr_widget_options.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/mr_widget_options.vue
index 5a9d86594b128c1820f3dc774ecddee9da8a5f50..0ce9d271845d3483356f7cc0e2886f892d1a2008 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/mr_widget_options.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/mr_widget_options.vue
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ import _ from 'underscore';
 import { __ } from '~/locale';
 import Project from '~/pages/projects/project';
 import SmartInterval from '~/smart_interval';
+import MRWidgetStore from 'ee_else_ce/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/mr_widget_store';
+import MRWidgetService from 'ee_else_ce/vue_merge_request_widget/services/mr_widget_service';
+import stateMaps from 'ee_else_ce/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/state_maps';
 import createFlash from '../flash';
 import WidgetHeader from './components/mr_widget_header.vue';
 import WidgetMergeHelp from './components/mr_widget_merge_help.vue';
@@ -28,10 +31,7 @@ import FailedToMerge from './components/states/mr_widget_failed_to_merge.vue';
 import MergeWhenPipelineSucceedsState from './components/states/mr_widget_merge_when_pipeline_succeeds.vue';
 import AutoMergeFailed from './components/states/mr_widget_auto_merge_failed.vue';
 import CheckingState from './components/states/mr_widget_checking.vue';
-import MRWidgetStore from './stores/ee_switch_mr_widget_store';
-import MRWidgetService from './services/ee_switch_mr_widget_service';
 import eventHub from './event_hub';
-import stateMaps from './stores/ee_switch_state_maps';
 import notify from '~/lib/utils/notify';
 import SourceBranchRemovalStatus from './components/source_branch_removal_status.vue';
 import GroupedTestReportsApp from '../reports/components/grouped_test_reports_app.vue';
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/services/ee_switch_mr_widget_service.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/services/ee_switch_mr_widget_service.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ea2aabb78feb219a0164ce110621e61a37f42507..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/services/ee_switch_mr_widget_service.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import MRWidgetService from './mr_widget_service';
-
-export default MRWidgetService;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_get_state_key.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_get_state_key.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ebef30e3eabc85f3074915f976eef475beaa17db..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_get_state_key.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import getStateKey from './get_state_key';
-
-export default getStateKey;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_mr_widget_store.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_mr_widget_store.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 92a07c53f2d9f4db7eaecc8d1b74467bee0934a3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_mr_widget_store.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import MergeRequestStore from './mr_widget_store';
-
-export default MergeRequestStore;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_state_maps.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_state_maps.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 50cf9503ea7c39d7bb5d6e2c3aefade403315f1e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/ee_switch_state_maps.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-import stateMaps from './state_maps';
-
-export default stateMaps;
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/mr_widget_store.js b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/mr_widget_store.js
index e5a52c6a7f607a991c3ec3bde4183f2fc3a05759..ab194e84ab4f47335ee7ec7dad8e3f03a6a58e0d 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/mr_widget_store.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/mr_widget_store.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Timeago from 'timeago.js';
-import getStateKey from './ee_switch_get_state_key';
+import getStateKey from 'ee_else_ce/vue_merge_request_widget/stores/get_state_key';
 import { stateKey } from './state_maps';
 import { formatDate } from '../../lib/utils/datetime_utility';
 
diff --git a/config/webpack.config.js b/config/webpack.config.js
index b9044e13f5003459c618997fc6fa4b8efd689eb1..fdf179b007a2ced34b37f4dce33cb47555df68d4 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ module.exports = {
       vendor: path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'vendor/assets/javascripts'),
       vue$: 'vue/dist/vue.esm.js',
       spec: path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'spec/javascripts'),
+
+      // the following resolves files which are different between CE and EE
+      ee_else_ce: path.join(ROOT_PATH, 'app/assets/javascripts'),
     },
   },