babelrc: false still reads .babelrc file

I’m submitting a bug report

Webpack Version: 2.2.1

Babel Core Version: ~5.24.0~ 6.24.0

Babel Loader Version: 6.4.0

Please tell us about your environment: maxOS 10.12.3

Current behavior: When using babelrc: false, babel-loader still reads from babelrc file

Expected/desired behavior: Should not read from babelrc file

• If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce and if possible a minimal demo of the problem along with a gist/jsbin of your webpack configuration. https://gist.github.com/hulkish/5d225beda0fc6cc1c1332befc00f0edf

• What is the expected behavior? (per the example) react-hot-loader/babel should not be included in bundle. However, it indeed does show up.

• What is the motivation / use case for changing the behavior? babelrc: false should completely ignore all .babelrc files

[shahankit]

@hulkish I’m having same issue. I’m having similar webpack config file and want to skip babelrc and rather use the config set in webpack file.

module: {
  loaders: [
    {
      test: /\.js$/,
      loader: 'babel-loader',
      include: path.join(__dirname, 'app'),
      options: {
        babelrc: false,
        presets: ['react', 'es2015', 'stage-0'],
        plugins: ['babel-plugin-transform-decorators-legacy']
      }
    },
    {
      test: /\.css$/,
      loaders: ['style-loader','css-loader','postcss-loader']
    },
    {
      include: /\.json$/,
      loaders: ["json-loader"]
    }
  ]
},

[loganfsmyth]

It would be best to create a reproducible example repository and file a new issue.