diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index 90d6a641322..3ac7395e63a 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ module.exports = {
     fs: 'empty',
     net: 'empty',
     tls: 'empty',
+    child_process: 'empty',
   },
   // Turn off performance hints during development because we don't do any
   // splitting or minification in interest of speed. These warnings become
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
index 44964346107..d80351ec63f 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -358,5 +358,6 @@ module.exports = {
     fs: 'empty',
     net: 'empty',
     tls: 'empty',
+    child_process: 'empty',
   },
 };