diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/env.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/env.js
index 4213adf69a211bfc183ccb3b7d948a6715cc5194..726db48ab5b1836b8c12ab06077cc5f07d526038 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/env.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/env.js
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 const fs = require('fs');
 const paths = require('./paths');
 
+// Make sure that including paths.js after env.js will read .env variables.
+delete require.cache[require.resolve('./paths')];
+
 const NODE_ENV = process.env.NODE_ENV;
 if (!NODE_ENV) {
   throw new Error(