diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 0e024073c..942937bef 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 module.exports = {
-  presets: ['@babel/preset-env', '@babel/preset-typescript'],
+  presets: [
+    '@babel/preset-env',
+    // Babel 8 defaults onlyRemoveTypeImports to true, so it only
+    // elides `import type {...}` and stops auto-detecting plain
+    // `import {...}` of type-only bindings, which can leave imports
+    // of type-only modules in the compiled output.
+    ['@babel/preset-typescript', { onlyRemoveTypeImports: false }]
+  ],
   overrides: [
     {
       test: /\.(jsx|tsx)$/,