diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
index f860af4828c..45a7b47814e 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.dev.js
@@ -287,6 +287,7 @@ 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 b89e24c25a9..e0306e76a86 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.prod.js
@@ -365,5 +365,6 @@ module.exports = {
     fs: 'empty',
     net: 'empty',
     tls: 'empty',
+    child_process: 'empty',
   },
 };