diff --git a/webpack.config.ts b/webpack.config.ts
index 7d1f914c4e..ee1b59c950 100644
--- a/webpack.config.ts
+++ b/webpack.config.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as webpack from 'webpack';
 import chalk from 'chalk';
 const { VueLoaderPlugin } = require('vue-loader');
-const minifyHtml = require('html-minifier').minify;
 const WebpackOnBuildPlugin = require('on-build-webpack');
 //const HardSourceWebpackPlugin = require('hard-source-webpack-plugin');
 const ProgressBarPlugin = require('progress-bar-webpack-plugin');
@@ -18,20 +17,6 @@ const meta = require('./package.json');
 const version = meta.clientVersion;
 const codename = meta.codename;
 
-declare var global: {
-	collapseSpacesReplacement: any;
-};
-
-//#region Replacer definitions
-global['collapseSpacesReplacement'] = (html: string) => {
-	return minifyHtml(html, {
-		collapseWhitespace: true,
-		collapseInlineTagWhitespace: true,
-		keepClosingSlash: true
-	}).replace(/\t/g, '');
-};
-//#endregion
-
 const langs = Object.keys(locales);
 
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production';
@@ -122,14 +107,6 @@ module.exports = {
 				}
 			}, {
 				loader: 'vue-svg-inline-loader'
-			}, {
-				loader: 'replace',
-				query: {
-					qs: [{
-						search: /^<template>([\s\S]+?)\r?\n<\/template>/.toString(),
-						replace: 'collapseSpacesReplacement'
-					}]
-				}
 			}]
 		}, {
 			test: /\.styl(us)?$/,
@@ -199,7 +176,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		}
 	},
 	resolveLoader: {
-		modules: ['node_modules', './webpack/loaders']
+		modules: ['node_modules']
 	},
 	cache: true,
 	devtool: false, //'source-map',
diff --git a/webpack/loaders/replace.js b/webpack/loaders/replace.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f4825e18c..0000000000
--- a/webpack/loaders/replace.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import { getOptions } from 'loader-utils';
-
-function trim(text, g) {
-	return text.substring(1, text.length - (g ? 2 : 0));
-}
-
-export default function(src) {
-	const fn = options => {
-		const search = options.search;
-		const g = search.endsWith('g');
-		const file = this.resourcePath.replace(/\\/g, '/');
-		const replace = options.i18n ? global[options.replace].bind(null, {
-			src: file,
-			lang: options.lang
-		}) : global[options.replace];
-		if (typeof search != 'string' || search.length == 0) console.error('invalid search');
-		if (typeof replace != 'function') console.error('invalid replacer:', replace, this.request);
-		src = src.replace(new RegExp(trim(search, g), g ? 'g' : ''), replace);
-	};
-
-	this.cacheable();
-	const options = getOptions(this);
-	if (options.qs) {
-		options.qs.forEach(q => fn(q));
-	} else {
-		fn(options);
-	}
-	this.callback(null, src);
-	return src;
-}