diff --git a/WORKSPACE b/WORKSPACE
index 47c3e9c..cc25af7 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE
+++ b/WORKSPACE
@@ -993,6 +993,45 @@
     sha1 = "639033469776fd37c08358c6b92a4761feb2af4b",
 )
 
+load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "yarn_install")
+
+yarn_install(
+    name = "npm",
+    package_json = "//:package.json",
+    yarn_lock = "//:yarn.lock",
+)
+
+yarn_install(
+    name = "ui_npm",
+    args = ["--prod"],
+    package_json = "//:polygerrit-ui/app/package.json",
+    yarn_lock = "//:polygerrit-ui/app/yarn.lock",
+)
+
+yarn_install(
+    name = "ui_dev_npm",
+    package_json = "//:polygerrit-ui/package.json",
+    yarn_lock = "//:polygerrit-ui/yarn.lock",
+)
+
+yarn_install(
+    name = "tools_npm",
+    package_json = "//:tools/node_tools/package.json",
+    yarn_lock = "//:tools/node_tools/yarn.lock",
+)
+
+yarn_install(
+    name = "plugins_npm",
+    args = ["--prod"],
+    package_json = "//:plugins/package.json",
+    yarn_lock = "//:plugins/yarn.lock",
+)
+
+# Install all Bazel dependencies needed for npm packages that supply Bazel rules
+load("@npm//:install_bazel_dependencies.bzl", "install_bazel_dependencies")
+
+install_bazel_dependencies()
+
 load("//tools/bzl:js.bzl", "bower_archive", "npm_binary")
 
 # NPM binaries bundled along with their dependencies.
@@ -1184,45 +1223,6 @@
     version = "6.5.1",
 )
 
-load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "yarn_install")
-
-yarn_install(
-    name = "npm",
-    package_json = "//:package.json",
-    yarn_lock = "//:yarn.lock",
-)
-
-yarn_install(
-    name = "ui_npm",
-    args = ["--prod"],
-    package_json = "//:polygerrit-ui/app/package.json",
-    yarn_lock = "//:polygerrit-ui/app/yarn.lock",
-)
-
-yarn_install(
-    name = "ui_dev_npm",
-    package_json = "//:polygerrit-ui/package.json",
-    yarn_lock = "//:polygerrit-ui/yarn.lock",
-)
-
-yarn_install(
-    name = "tools_npm",
-    package_json = "//:tools/node_tools/package.json",
-    yarn_lock = "//:tools/node_tools/yarn.lock",
-)
-
-yarn_install(
-    name = "plugins_npm",
-    args = ["--prod"],
-    package_json = "//:plugins/package.json",
-    yarn_lock = "//:plugins/yarn.lock",
-)
-
-# Install all Bazel dependencies needed for npm packages that supply Bazel rules
-load("@npm//:install_bazel_dependencies.bzl", "install_bazel_dependencies")
-
-install_bazel_dependencies()
-
 load("@npm_bazel_typescript//:index.bzl", "ts_setup_workspace")
 
 ts_setup_workspace()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 30dbb99..9eaf7d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "dependencies": {},
   "devDependencies": {
     "@bazel/rollup": "^1.6.1",
+    "@bazel/terser": "^1.7.0",
     "@bazel/typescript": "^1.6.1",
     "eslint": "^6.6.0",
     "eslint-config-google": "^0.13.0",
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
     "fried-twinkie": "^0.2.2",
     "polymer-cli": "^1.9.11",
     "prettier": "2.0.5",
+    "terser": "^4.8.0",
     "typescript": "3.8.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/tools/bzl/js.bzl b/tools/bzl/js.bzl
index 5440b88..eeb5e6b 100644
--- a/tools/bzl/js.bzl
+++ b/tools/bzl/js.bzl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@io_bazel_rules_closure//closure:defs.bzl", "closure_js_binary", "closure_js_library")
+load("@npm_bazel_terser//:index.bzl", "terser_minified")
 load("//lib/js:npm.bzl", "NPM_SHA1S", "NPM_VERSIONS")
 
 NPMJS = "NPMJS"
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@
     """Combine html, js, css files and optionally split into js and html bundles."""
     _bundle_rule(pkg = native.package_name(), *args, **kwargs)
 
-def polygerrit_plugin(name, app, srcs = [], deps = [], externs = [], assets = None, plugin_name = None, **kwargs):
+def polygerrit_plugin(name, app, srcs = [], deps = [], assets = None, plugin_name = None, **kwargs):
     """Bundles plugin dependencies for deployment.
 
     This rule bundles all Polymer elements and JS dependencies into .html and .js files.
@@ -449,7 +449,6 @@
     Args:
       name: String, rule name.
       app: String, the main or root source file.
-      externs: Fileset, external definitions that should not be bundled.
       assets: Fileset, additional files to be used by plugin in runtime, exported to "plugins/${name}/static".
       plugin_name: String, plugin name. ${name} is used if not provided.
     """
@@ -473,29 +472,15 @@
     else:
         js_srcs = srcs
 
-    closure_js_library(
-        name = name + "_closure_lib",
-        srcs = js_srcs + externs,
-        convention = "GOOGLE",
-        no_closure_library = True,
-        deps = [
-            "//lib/polymer_externs:polymer_closure",
-            "//polygerrit-ui/app/externs:plugin",
-        ],
+    native.filegroup(
+        name = name + "-src-fg",
+        srcs = js_srcs,
     )
 
-    closure_js_binary(
-        name = name + "_bin",
-        compilation_level = "WHITESPACE_ONLY",
-        defs = [
-            "--polymer_version=2",
-            "--language_out=ECMASCRIPT_2017",
-            "--rewrite_polyfills=false",
-        ],
-        deps = [
-            name + "_closure_lib",
-        ],
-        dependency_mode = "PRUNE_LEGACY",
+    terser_minified(
+        name = name + ".min",
+        sourcemap = False,
+        src = name + "-src-fg",
     )
 
     if html_plugin:
@@ -519,7 +504,7 @@
 
     native.genrule(
         name = name + "_rename_js",
-        srcs = [name + "_bin.js"],
+        srcs = [name + ".min"],
         outs = [plugin_name + ".js"],
         cmd = "cp $< $@",
         output_to_bindir = True,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e7423a2..993e0e6 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -490,6 +490,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bazel/rollup/-/rollup-1.6.1.tgz#7ec9d39a3fca23256fca55410339724804802616"
   integrity sha512-FhblJkpd8VKl9txhAAIotSsIOHRpPd2FgJG7Op3uV7LfaCVBmUs3XDBZCgfwt5wmEpd3lwCHA1Ei+O/URS2+5w==
 
+"@bazel/terser@^1.7.0":
+  version "1.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bazel/terser/-/terser-1.7.0.tgz#c43e711e13b9a71c7abd3ade04fb4650d547ad01"
+  integrity sha512-u/UXk0WUinvkk1g5xxfqGieBz3r12Bj2y2m25lC5GjHBgCpGk7DyeGGi9H3QQNO1Wmpw51QSE9gaPzKzjUVGug==
+
 "@bazel/typescript@^1.6.1":
   version "1.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@bazel/typescript/-/typescript-1.6.1.tgz#1bf83c20021d359bc9b532181981ac540584a30c"
@@ -2514,7 +2519,7 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.17.1.tgz#bd77ab7de6de94205ceacc72f1716d29f20a77bf"
   integrity sha512-wPMUt6FnH2yzG95SA6mzjQOEKUU3aLaDEmzs1ti+1E9h+CsrZghRlqEM/EJ4KscsQVG8uNN4uVreUeT8+drlgg==
 
-commander@^2.19.0:
+commander@^2.19.0, commander@^2.20.0:
   version "2.20.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.20.3.tgz#fd485e84c03eb4881c20722ba48035e8531aeb33"
   integrity sha512-GpVkmM8vF2vQUkj2LvZmD35JxeJOLCwJ9cUkugyk2nuhbv3+mJvpLYYt+0+USMxE+oj+ey/lJEnhZw75x/OMcQ==
@@ -7919,6 +7924,14 @@
   dependencies:
     source-map "^0.5.6"
 
+source-map-support@~0.5.12:
+  version "0.5.19"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-support/-/source-map-support-0.5.19.tgz#a98b62f86dcaf4f67399648c085291ab9e8fed61"
+  integrity sha512-Wonm7zOCIJzBGQdB+thsPar0kYuCIzYvxZwlBa87yi/Mdjv7Tip2cyVbLj5o0cFPN4EVkuTwb3GDDyUx2DGnGw==
+  dependencies:
+    buffer-from "^1.0.0"
+    source-map "^0.6.0"
+
 source-map-url@^0.4.0:
   version "0.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-map-url/-/source-map-url-0.4.0.tgz#3e935d7ddd73631b97659956d55128e87b5084a3"
@@ -8390,6 +8403,15 @@
     merge-stream "^1.0.0"
     through2 "^2.0.1"
 
+terser@^4.8.0:
+  version "4.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/terser/-/terser-4.8.0.tgz#63056343d7c70bb29f3af665865a46fe03a0df17"
+  integrity sha512-EAPipTNeWsb/3wLPeup1tVPaXfIaU68xMnVdPafIL1TV05OhASArYyIfFvnvJCNrR2NIOvDVNNTFRa+Re2MWyw==
+  dependencies:
+    commander "^2.20.0"
+    source-map "~0.6.1"
+    source-map-support "~0.5.12"
+
 text-encoding@0.6.4:
   version "0.6.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/text-encoding/-/text-encoding-0.6.4.tgz#e399a982257a276dae428bb92845cb71bdc26d19"