diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
index dec22b7ec23..fdc4e0ae624 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/scripts/init.js
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ module.exports = function(
     'author',
     'contributors',
     'files',
-    'main',
     'browser',
     'bin',
     'man',