diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.babelrc b/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.babelrc
index e2f4ed63f00..c14b2828d16 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.babelrc
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.babelrc
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "presets": ["latest"],
-  "plugins": ["transform-class-properties"]
+  "presets": ["react-app"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.template.dependencies.json b/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.template.dependencies.json
index 0363856d34b..50511b3d16a 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.template.dependencies.json
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/fixtures/kitchensink/.template.dependencies.json
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "babel-preset-latest": "6.16.0",
     "babel-register": "6.22.0",
     "babel-polyfill": "6.20.0",
-    "babel-plugin-transform-class-properties": "6.22.0",
     "chai": "3.5.0",
     "jsdom": "9.8.3",
     "mocha": "3.2.0"
diff --git a/tasks/e2e-kitchensink.sh b/tasks/e2e-kitchensink.sh
index 892230ab747..8005f230cc1 100755
--- a/tasks/e2e-kitchensink.sh
+++ b/tasks/e2e-kitchensink.sh
@@ -110,8 +110,11 @@ create_react_app --scripts-version=$scripts_path --internal-testing-template=$ro
 # Enter the app directory
 cd test-kitchensink
 
+# Link to our preset
+npm link $root_path/packages/babel-preset-react-app
+
 # Test the build
-NODE_PATH=src REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell npm run build
+NODE_PATH=src NODE_ENV=test REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell npm run build
 # Check for expected output
 test -e build/*.html
 test -e build/static/js/main.*.js
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ test -e build/static/js/main.*.js
 REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell \
   CI=true \
   NODE_PATH=src \
+  NODE_ENV=test \
   npm test -- --no-cache --testPathPattern="/src/"
 
 # Test "development" environment
@@ -127,17 +131,20 @@ tmp_server_log=`mktemp`
 PORT=3001 \
   REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell \
   NODE_PATH=src \
+  NODE_ENV=development \
   nohup npm start &>$tmp_server_log &
 grep -q 'The app is running at:' <(tail -f $tmp_server_log)
 E2E_URL="http://localhost:3001" \
   REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell \
   CI=true NODE_PATH=src \
+  NODE_ENV=development \
   node node_modules/.bin/mocha --require babel-register --require babel-polyfill integration/*.test.js
 
 # Test "production" environment
 E2E_FILE=./build/index.html \
   CI=true \
   NODE_PATH=src \
+  NODE_ENV=production \
   node_modules/.bin/mocha --require babel-register --require babel-polyfill integration/*.test.js
 
 # ******************************************************************************
@@ -153,7 +160,7 @@ npm link $root_path/packages/eslint-config-react-app
 npm link $root_path/packages/react-dev-utils
 npm link $root_path/packages/react-scripts
 
-# ...and we need  to remove template's .babelrc
+# ...and we need to remove template's .babelrc
 rm .babelrc
 
 # Test the build
@@ -166,6 +173,7 @@ test -e build/static/js/main.*.js
 REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell \
   CI=true \
   NODE_PATH=src \
+  NODE_ENV=test \
   npm test -- --no-cache --testPathPattern="/src/"
 
 # Test "development" environment
@@ -173,12 +181,13 @@ tmp_server_log=`mktemp`
 PORT=3002 \
   REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell \
   NODE_PATH=src \
+  NODE_ENV=development \
   nohup npm start &>$tmp_server_log &
 grep -q 'The app is running at:' <(tail -f $tmp_server_log)
 E2E_URL="http://localhost:3002" \
   REACT_APP_SHELL_ENV_MESSAGE=fromtheshell \
   CI=true NODE_PATH=src \
-  NODE_ENV=production \
+  NODE_ENV=development \
   node_modules/.bin/mocha --require babel-register --require babel-polyfill integration/*.test.js
 
 # Test "production" environment