diff --git a/docs/build.js b/docs/build.js
index 0bf9095c42..1ad8005952 100644
--- a/docs/build.js
+++ b/docs/build.js
@@ -34,10 +34,9 @@ function generateHTML(fileName) {
   });
 }
 
-export default function BuildDocs({useCache, dev}) {
+export default function BuildDocs({dev}) {
   console.log('Building: '.cyan + 'docs'.green + (dev ? ' [DEV]'.grey : ''));
 
-  const useCacheOption = `--use-cache=${Boolean(useCache)}`;
   const devOption = dev ? '' : '-p';
 
   return exec(`rimraf ${docsBuilt}`)
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ export default function BuildDocs({useCache, dev}) {
       let pagesGenerators = Root.getPages().map(generateHTML);
 
       return Promise.all(pagesGenerators.concat([
-        exec(`webpack --config webpack.docs.js ${useCacheOption} --bail ${devOption}`),
+        exec(`webpack --config webpack.docs.js --bail ${devOption}`),
         copy(license, docsBuilt),
         copy(readmeSrc, readmeDest)
       ]));
diff --git a/tools/build-cli.js b/tools/build-cli.js
index c9f7c239dd..d3b69fed77 100644
--- a/tools/build-cli.js
+++ b/tools/build-cli.js
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ const argv = yargs
     demand: false,
     default: false
   })
-  .option('use-cache', {
-    type: 'boolean',
-    demand: false,
-    default: true,
-    describe: 'Use Babel cache when running webpack'
-  })
   .option('lib-only', {
     demand: false,
     default: false,
diff --git a/tools/build.js b/tools/build.js
index ee3a1bdbce..401b123a75 100644
--- a/tools/build.js
+++ b/tools/build.js
@@ -6,22 +6,21 @@ import { copy } from './fs-utils';
 import { distRoot, bowerRoot } from './constants';
 import { exec } from './exec';
 
-function forkAndBuildDocs({verbose, useCache}) {
+function forkAndBuildDocs({verbose}) {
   console.log('Building: '.cyan + 'docs'.green);
 
   const verboseOption = verbose ? '--verbose' : '';
-  const useCacheOption = `--use-cache=${Boolean(useCache)}`;
 
-  return exec(`npm run docs-build -- ${verboseOption} ${useCacheOption}`)
+  return exec(`npm run docs-build -- ${verboseOption}`)
     .then(() => console.log('Built: '.cyan + 'docs'.green));
 }
 
-export default function Build({verbose, useCache} = {}) {
+export default function Build(options) {
   return Promise.all([
       lib(),
       bower(),
-      dist({useCache}),
-      forkAndBuildDocs({verbose, useCache})
+      dist(),
+      forkAndBuildDocs(options)
     ])
     .then(() => copy(distRoot, bowerRoot));
 }
diff --git a/tools/dist/build.js b/tools/dist/build.js
index c47704fd27..624327e7a8 100644
--- a/tools/dist/build.js
+++ b/tools/dist/build.js
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import { exec } from '../exec';
 import { distRoot } from '../constants';
 
-export default function BuildDistributable({useCache}) {
+export default function BuildDistributable() {
   console.log('Building: '.cyan + 'distributable'.green);
 
-  const useCacheOption = `--use-cache=${Boolean(useCache)}`;
-
   return exec(`rimraf ${distRoot}`)
     .then(() => Promise.all([
-      exec(`webpack ${useCacheOption} --bail`),
-      exec(`webpack ${useCacheOption} --bail -p`)
+      exec(`webpack --bail`),
+      exec(`webpack --bail -p`)
     ]))
     .then(() => console.log('Built: '.cyan + 'distributable'.green));
 }
diff --git a/webpack/base.config.js b/webpack/base.config.js
index 902ff6174f..4a6010214e 100644
--- a/webpack/base.config.js
+++ b/webpack/base.config.js
@@ -6,32 +6,13 @@ import yargs from 'yargs';
 export const options = yargs
   .alias('p', 'optimize-minimize')
   .alias('d', 'debug')
-  .option('use-cache', {
-    type: 'boolean',
-    default: true
-  })
   .option('port', {
     default: '8080',
     type: 'string'
   })
   .argv;
 
-export let jsLoader = 'babel';
-if (options.useCache) {
-  const babelCache = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, '../.babel-cache'));
-
-  if (!fs.existsSync(babelCache)) {
-    try {
-      fs.mkdirSync(babelCache);
-    } catch (err) {
-      if (err.code !== 'EEXIST') {
-        console.error(err.stack);
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  jsLoader += `?cacheDirectory=${babelCache}`;
-}
+export const jsLoader = 'babel?cacheDirectory';
 
 const baseConfig = {
   entry: undefined,