diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html b/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html
index ed0ebafa1b7c3057e5fc3eddbdf9e4c2c46de805..73b2ecd7fc393b81d2f66bc190ada7a2ad7a7688 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
+ <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
<meta name="theme-color" content="#000000">
<!--
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
homescreen on Android. See https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/engage-and-retain/web-app-manifest/
-->
<link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json">
- <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
<!--
Notice the use of %PUBLIC_URL% in the tags above.
It will be replaced with the URL of the `public` folder during the build.