diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 5b4e43a3..7d002571 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@ module.exports = function (_, env) {
       }
     },
     module: {
-      // This is needed to make webpack NOT process wasm files.
-      // See https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/6725
-      defaultRules: [
-        {
-          type: "javascript/auto",
-          resolve: {}
-        },
-        {
-          test: /\.json$/i,
-          type: "json"
-        },
-      ],
       rules: [
         {
           test: /\.(scss|sass)$/,
@@ -127,12 +115,14 @@ module.exports = function (_, env) {
         },
         {
           test: /\/codecs\/.*\.wasm$/,
+          // This is needed to make webpack NOT process wasm files.
+          // See https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/6725
+          type: 'javascript/auto',
           loader: 'file-loader',
         }
-      ]
+      ],
     },
     plugins: [
-      // Ignore some of the native Node modules for any of the codecs. These files are generated by Emscripten and are supposed to also work in Node, which we don‘t care about.
       new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/(fs)/, /\/codecs\//),
       // Pretty progressbar showing build progress:
       new ProgressBarPlugin({