diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.css b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 92f956e8040..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.css
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@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-.App {
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
-.App-logo {
-  animation: App-logo-spin infinite 20s linear;
-  height: 40vmin;
-}
-
-.App-header {
-  background-color: #282c34;
-  min-height: 100vh;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  font-size: calc(10px + 2vmin);
-  color: white;
-}
-
-.App-link {
-  color: #61dafb;
-}
-
-@keyframes App-logo-spin {
-  from {
-    transform: rotate(0deg);
-  }
-  to {
-    transform: rotate(360deg);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.js b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.js
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index 7e261ca47e6..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.js
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@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-import React, { Component } from 'react';
-import logo from './logo.svg';
-import './App.css';
-
-class App extends Component {
-  render() {
-    return (
-      <div className="App">
-        <header className="App-header">
-          <img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
-          <p>
-            Edit <code>src/App.js</code> and save to reload.
-          </p>
-          <a
-            className="App-link"
-            href="https://reactjs.org"
-            target="_blank"
-            rel="noopener noreferrer"
-          >
-            Learn React
-          </a>
-        </header>
-      </div>
-    );
-  }
-}
-
-export default App;
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.test.js b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.test.js
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index a754b201bf9..00000000000
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/App.test.js
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@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
-import App from './App';
-
-it('renders without crashing', () => {
-  const div = document.createElement('div');
-  ReactDOM.render(<App />, div);
-  ReactDOM.unmountComponentAtNode(div);
-});