diff --git a/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js b/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js
index 426365a26..482fce1e6 100644
--- a/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js
+++ b/local-cli/bundle/buildBundle.js
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ async function buildBundle(
     sourceMapUrl = path.basename(sourceMapUrl);
   }
 
-  config.transformerPath = args.transformer
-    ? path.resolve(args.transformer)
-    : config.transformerPath;
-
   const requestOpts: RequestOptions = {
     entryFile: args.entryFile,
     sourceMapUrl,
diff --git a/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js b/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js
index e72293e64..c604c345d 100644
--- a/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js
+++ b/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ async function dependencies(argv, configPromise, args, packagerInstance) {
   }
 
   config.cacheStores = [];
-  if (args.transformer) {
-    config.transformer.babelTransformerPath = path.resolve(args.transformer);
-  }
 
   const relativePath = path.relative(
     config.projectRoot,