diff --git a/js/src/api/api.js b/js/src/api/api.js
index 526ecbf1b..9a208ade9 100644
--- a/js/src/api/api.js
+++ b/js/src/api/api.js
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ import { Db, Eth, Parity, Net, Personal, Shh, Signer, Trace, Web3 } from './rpc'
 import Subscriptions from './subscriptions';
 import util from './util';
 import { isFunction } from './util/types';
-import { LocalAccountsMiddleware } from './local';
+
+import LocalAccountsMiddleware from '~/api/local';
 
 export default class Api extends EventEmitter {
   constructor (transport, allowSubscriptions = true) {
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ export default class Api extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     // Doing a request here in test env would cause an error
-    if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
+    if (LocalAccountsMiddleware && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
       const middleware = this.parity
         .nodeKind()
         .then((nodeKind) => {
diff --git a/js/src/api/local/index.js b/js/src/api/local/index.js
index cc7b27e68..190a38ea4 100644
--- a/js/src/api/local/index.js
+++ b/js/src/api/local/index.js
@@ -14,8 +14,4 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'test') {
-  process.browser = true;
-}
-
-export LocalAccountsMiddleware from './localAccountsMiddleware';
+export default null;
diff --git a/js/webpack/app.js b/js/webpack/app.js
index d6ee0f285..4a8b129a2 100644
--- a/js/webpack/app.js
+++ b/js/webpack/app.js
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@ module.exports = {
 
   resolve: {
     alias: {
+      '~/api/local': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src/api/local/localAccountsMiddleware.js'),
       '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
-      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum'),
-      'vertx': 'empty-module'
+      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum')
     },
     modules: [
       path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules')
diff --git a/js/webpack/libraries.js b/js/webpack/libraries.js
index 936612553..11623e947 100644
--- a/js/webpack/libraries.js
+++ b/js/webpack/libraries.js
@@ -41,10 +41,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
   resolve: {
     alias: {
-      '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
-      'keythereum': 'empty-module',
-      'secp256k1': 'empty-module',
-      'vertx': 'empty-module'
+      '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src')
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/js/webpack/npm.js b/js/webpack/npm.js
index 342cbd375..58e78e3ce 100644
--- a/js/webpack/npm.js
+++ b/js/webpack/npm.js
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ module.exports = {
   },
   resolve: {
     alias: {
-      '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
-      'keythereum': 'empty-module',
-      'secp256k1': 'empty-module',
-      'vertx': 'empty-module'
+      '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src')
     },
     modules: [
       path.resolve('./src'),