diff --git a/lib/dependencies.json b/lib/dependencies.json
index 75f068e64..be7fbaae1 100644
--- a/lib/dependencies.json
+++ b/lib/dependencies.json
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
   "cross-env": "^7.0.0",
   "cssnano": "^4.1.10",
   "css-loader": "^3.4.2",
-  "@cypress/webpack-preprocessor": "^4.1.2",
-  "cypress": "^4.0.2",
+  "cypress": "^4.5.0",
   "debounce": "^1.2.0",
   "del": "^5.1.0",
   "duplicate-package-checker-webpack-plugin": "^3.0.0",
diff --git a/skeleton/cypress/package.json b/skeleton/cypress/package.json
index f221c8e3e..820289616 100644
--- a/skeleton/cypress/package.json
+++ b/skeleton/cypress/package.json
@@ -4,11 +4,6 @@
     "e2e:headless": "au cypress --start --run"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    // @if feat.typescript
-    "@cypress/webpack-preprocessor": "",
-    "webpack": "",
-    "ts-loader": "",
-    // @endif
     "cypress": ""
   }
 }
diff --git a/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins__if_babel/index.js b/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins/index.js
similarity index 100%
rename from skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins__if_babel/index.js
rename to skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins/index.js
diff --git a/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins__if_typescript/index.js b/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins__if_typescript/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ddea35b09..000000000
--- a/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/plugins__if_typescript/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-// ***********************************************************
-// This example plugins/index.js can be used to load plugins
-//
-// You can change the location of this file or turn off loading
-// the plugins file with the 'pluginsFile' configuration option.
-//
-// You can read more here:
-// https://on.cypress.io/plugins-guide
-// ***********************************************************
-
-// This function is called when a project is opened or re-opened (e.g. due to
-// the project's config changing)
-
-const wp = require('@cypress/webpack-preprocessor');
-
-module.exports = (on) => {
-  const options = {
-    webpackOptions: {
-      resolve: {
-        extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.js']
-      },
-      module: {
-        rules: [
-          {
-            test: /\.tsx?$/,
-            loader: 'ts-loader',
-            options: { transpileOnly: true }
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    }
-  };
-  on('file:preprocessor', wp(options));
-};
diff --git a/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/tsconfig.json__if_typescript b/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/tsconfig.json__if_typescript
index e6d3137f3..b618df09a 100644
--- a/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/tsconfig.json__if_typescript
+++ b/skeleton/cypress/test/e2e/tsconfig.json__if_typescript
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
     "strict": true,
-    "baseUrl": "../node_modules",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "baseUrl": "../../node_modules",
     "target": "es5",
-    "lib": [
-      "es2015",
-      "dom"
-    ],
     "types": [
       "cypress"
     ]