diff --git a/js/package.json b/js/package.json
index 60e00f8a2..2c1e4e65d 100644
--- a/js/package.json
+++ b/js/package.json
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     "css-loader": "0.26.1",
     "ejs-loader": "0.3.0",
     "ejsify": "1.0.0",
+    "empty-module": "0.0.2",
     "enzyme": "2.7.1",
     "eslint": "3.16.1",
     "eslint-config-semistandard": "7.0.0",
diff --git a/js/webpack/app.js b/js/webpack/app.js
index 6b12a51d3..d6ee0f285 100644
--- a/js/webpack/app.js
+++ b/js/webpack/app.js
@@ -139,7 +139,8 @@ module.exports = {
   resolve: {
     alias: {
       '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
-      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum')
+      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum'),
+      'vertx': 'empty-module'
     },
     modules: [
       path.join(__dirname, '../node_modules')
diff --git a/js/webpack/libraries.js b/js/webpack/libraries.js
index 75ee90533..936612553 100644
--- a/js/webpack/libraries.js
+++ b/js/webpack/libraries.js
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ module.exports = {
   resolve: {
     alias: {
       '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
-      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum')
+      'keythereum': 'empty-module',
+      'secp256k1': 'empty-module',
+      'vertx': 'empty-module'
     }
   },
 
diff --git a/js/webpack/npm.js b/js/webpack/npm.js
index 013d68957..342cbd375 100644
--- a/js/webpack/npm.js
+++ b/js/webpack/npm.js
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@ module.exports = {
   resolve: {
     alias: {
       '~': path.resolve(__dirname, '../src'),
-      'secp256k1': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/secp256k1/js'),
-      'keythereum': path.resolve(__dirname, '../node_modules/keythereum/dist/keythereum')
+      'keythereum': 'empty-module',
+      'secp256k1': 'empty-module',
+      'vertx': 'empty-module'
     },
     modules: [
       path.resolve('./src'),