diff --git a/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.js b/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.js
index 4d4be07f98..1083478028 100644
--- a/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.js
+++ b/lib/builder/webpack/client.config.js
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ module.exports = function webpackClientConfig() {
   config.devtool = this.options.dev ? 'cheap-source-map' : false
   config.output.devtoolModuleFilenameTemplate = '[absolute-resource-path]'
 
-  // Add CommonChunks plugin
-  commonChunksPlugin.call(this, config)
-
   // Env object defined in nuxt.config.js
   let env = {}
   each(this.options.env, (value, key) => {
@@ -78,15 +75,6 @@ module.exports = function webpackClientConfig() {
     })
   )
 
-  // Extract webpack runtime & manifest
-  config.plugins.push(
-    new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-      name: 'manifest',
-      minChunks: Infinity,
-      filename: this.getFileName('manifest')
-    })
-  )
-
   // Define Env
   config.plugins.push(
     new webpack.DefinePlugin(
@@ -233,28 +221,6 @@ module.exports = function webpackClientConfig() {
   return config
 }
 
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-// Adds Common Chunks Plugin
-// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-function commonChunksPlugin(config) {
-  // Create explicit vendor chunk
-  config.plugins.unshift(
-    new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
-      name: 'vendor',
-      filename: this.getFileName('vendor'),
-      minChunks(module, count) {
-        // A module is extracted into the vendor chunk when...
-        return (
-          // If it's inside node_modules
-          /node_modules/.test(module.context) &&
-          // Do not externalize if the request is a CSS file or a Vue file which can potentially emit CSS assets!
-          !/\.(css|less|scss|sass|styl|stylus|vue)$/.test(module.request)
-        )
-      }
-    })
-  )
-}
-
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Adds DLL plugin
 // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/tree/master/examples/dll-user