test: removing babel

package.json

@@ -230,9 +230,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "1.10.1",
-    "@babel/core": "7.23.0",
-    "@babel/preset-react": "7.22.15",
-    "@babel/preset-typescript": "7.23.0",
     "@btckit/types": "0.0.19",
     "@leather-wallet/prettier-config": "0.0.1",
     "@ls-lint/ls-lint": "2.1.0",
@@ -272,7 +269,6 @@
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "6.7.4",
     "@vitest/coverage-istanbul": "0.34.6",
     "audit-ci": "6.6.1",
-    "babel-loader": "9.1.3",
     "base64-loader": "1.0.0",
     "bip32": "4.0.0",
     "blns": "2.0.4",
@@ -287,7 +283,7 @@
     "deepmerge": "4.3.1",
     "dependency-cruiser": "14.1.1",
     "dotenv-webpack": "8.0.1",
-    "esbuild": "0.19.4",
+    "esbuild": "0.19.7",
     "esbuild-loader": "4.0.2",
     "eslint-plugin-deprecation": "2.0.0",
     "eslint-plugin-react": "7.33.2",
@@ -315,8 +311,8 @@
     "vm-browserify": "1.1.2",
     "web-ext": "7.8.0",
     "web-ext-submit": "7.8.0",
-    "webpack": "5.88.2",
-    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "4.9.1",
+    "webpack": "5.89.0",
+    "webpack-bundle-analyzer": "4.10.1",
     "webpack-cli": "5.1.4",
     "webpack-dev-server": "4.15.1",
     "webpack-hot-middleware": "2.25.4",

webpack/webpack.config.base.js

@@ -144,21 +144,8 @@ const config = {
       {
         test: /\.(ts|tsx)$/,
         exclude: /node_modules/,
-        // #4164 TODO investigate removing babel
-        use: {
-          loader: 'babel-loader',
-          options: {
-            presets: [
-              '@babel/preset-typescript',
-              [
-                '@babel/preset-react',
-                {
-                  runtime: 'automatic',
-                },
-              ],
-            ],
-          },
-        },
+        loader: 'esbuild-loader',
+        options: { tsconfig: './tsconfig.json', target: 'es2020' },
       },
       {
         test: /\.(png|jpe?g|gif)$/i,