diff --git a/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js b/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js
index adc1e8897..8ada423cf 100644
--- a/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js
+++ b/local-cli/dependencies/dependencies.js
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ function _dependencies(argv, config, resolve, reject) {
     getTransformOptionsModulePath: config.getTransformOptionsModulePath,
     transformModulePath: args.transformer,
     verbose: config.verbose,
+    disableInternalTransforms: true,
   };
 
   const relativePath = packageOpts.projectRoots.map(root =>