diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index e2efae4c233..68488337504 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
       ],
     },
     module: {
+      noParse: /iconv-loader\.js$/, // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3078#issuecomment-400697407
       strictExportPresence: true,
       rules: [
         // Disable require.ensure as it's not a standard language feature.
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.ssr.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.ssr.js
index c4b7529ac99..9359c4518e8 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.ssr.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.ssr.js
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
       ],
     },
     module: {
+      noParse: /iconv-loader\.js$/, // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3078#issuecomment-400697407
       strictExportPresence: true,
       rules: [
         // Disable require.ensure as it's not a standard language feature.
@@ -616,7 +617,6 @@ module.exports = function(webpackEnv) {
       ],
     },
     plugins: [
-      new webpack.IgnorePlugin(/\/iconv-loader$/), // https://github.com/webpack/webpack/issues/3078#issuecomment-400697407
       useHardSourceWebpackPlugin &&
         new HardSourceWebpackPlugin({ environmentHash }),
       useHardSourceWebpackPlugin &&