Babel failes to compile plugin it should be ignoring - reactjs

Question

Trying to compile my code with the webpack loader which i have set to ignore node_modules and have not been able to bypass the error below. I've tried clearing out my node_modules and reinstalling as well as adding and removing packages but have been unable to clear the block:
/home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-plugin- transform-react-jsx/lib/index.js:16
var visitor = require("babel-helper-builder-react-jsx")({ /*istanbul ignore next*/
^
TypeError: require(...) is not a function
at exports.default (index.js:14:17)
at Function.memoisePluginContainer (/home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:134:13)
at Function.normalisePlugin (/home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:168:32)
at /home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:208:30
at Array.map (native)
at Function.normalisePlugins (/home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:180:20)
at OptionManager.mergeOptions (/home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:300:36)
at /home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:371:14
at /home/mgarf/Documents/testApp/node_modules/babel-core/lib/transformation/file/options/option-manager.js:392:24
at Array.map (native)
Here is my webpackconfig snippet.
var webpack = require('webpack');
require('style-loader');
require('css-loader');
require('babel-register')({
ignore: /\.css$/,
});
...
module: {
loaders: [
{
test: /\.js$/,
exclude: /node_modules/,
loader: 'babel-loader',
query: {
plugins: [
['react-transform', {
transforms: [
{
transform: 'react-transform-hmr',
imports: ['react'],
locals: ['module']
}, {
transform: 'react-transform-catch-errors',
imports: ['react', 'redbox-react']
}
]
}]
]
}
},
{ test: /\.css$/, exclude: /node_modules/, loader: "style-loader!css-loader" }
]
}
and package.json:
"dependencies": {
"async": "^1.5.2",
"bcrypt-nodejs": "^0.0.3",
"body-parser": "^1.15.1",
"bookshelf": "^0.10.0",
"compression": "^1.6.2",
"cookie-parser": "^1.4.1",
"dotenv": "^2.0.0",
"express": "^4.13.4",
"express-validator": "^2.20.4",
"jsonwebtoken": "^5.7.0",
"knex": "^0.11.7",
"moment": "^2.12.0",
"morgan": "^1.7.0",
"mysql": "^2.10.2",
"nodemailer": "^2.3.0",
"nunjucks": "^2.4.1",
"react": "^15.2.1",
"react-cookie": "^0.4.5",
"react-dom": "^15.2.1",
"react-redux": "^4.4.5",
"react-router": "^2.4.0",
"react-transform-catch-errors": "^1.0.2",
"react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.4",
"redbox-react": "^1.2.4",
"redux": "^3.3.1",
"redux-thunk": "^2.0.1",
"request": "^2.69.0",
"webpack": "^1.12.14",
"webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.6.1",
"webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.10.0",
"whatwg-fetch": "^0.11.0"
},
"devDependencies": {
"babel-core": "^6.7.2",
"babel-loader": "^6.2.4",
"babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.2",
"babel-polyfill": "^6.7.2",
"babel-preset-es2015": "^6.6.0",
"babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
"babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0-beta1",
"babel-plugin-rewire": "^1.0.0-rc-3",
"babel-plugin-transform-export-extensions": "^6.8.0",
"babel-register": "^6.8.0",
"chai": "^3.5.0",
"css-loader": "^0.23.1",
"enzyme": "^2.3.0",
"fetch-mock": "3.0.2",
"mocha": "^2.4.5",
"react-addons-test-utils": "^15.0.2",
"react-date-picker": "^5.3.21",
"redux-mock-store": "^1.0.2",
"sinon": "^1.17.3",
"sinon-chai": "^2.8.0",
"style-loader": "^0.13.1",
"supertest": "^1.2.0"
},
"engines": {
"node": "6.1.0"
}
}