diff --git a/packages/integration/src/manifest-facade.ts b/packages/integration/src/manifest-facade.ts
index 0326d515e..df91483fb 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/manifest-facade.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/manifest-facade.ts
@@ -41,11 +41,18 @@ export function toManifestPreloadLinkTag(href: string) {
 }
 
 export function toBrowserManifestFacadeModule(urlExpression: string) {
+  // Load the manifest with `fetch` rather than a JSON import attribute
+  // (`import(url, { with: { type: 'json' } })`). Import attributes are only
+  // supported in Safari 17.2+, Chrome 123+, and Firefox 130+; on older engines
+  // — notably all iOS 15/16 (Safari < 17.2) — evaluating that dynamic import,
+  // even inside `new Function`, throws `SyntaxError: import call expects exactly
+  // one argument` while the entry module is being evaluated, so the whole app
+  // fails to bootstrap and renders blank with no obvious console error. `fetch`
+  // is universally supported and needs no bundler-hiding indirection.
   return [
     `const masterCSSManifestURL = ${urlExpression};`,
-    `const loadMasterCSSManifestModule = new Function('specifier', "return import(specifier, { with: { type: 'json' } })");`,
-    `const masterCSSManifestModule = await loadMasterCSSManifestModule(typeof masterCSSManifestURL === 'string' ? masterCSSManifestURL : masterCSSManifestURL.href);`,
-    `export default masterCSSManifestModule.default;`,
+    `const masterCSSManifestResponse = await fetch(typeof masterCSSManifestURL === 'string' ? masterCSSManifestURL : masterCSSManifestURL.href);`,
+    `export default await masterCSSManifestResponse.json();`,
     ``
   ].join('\n')
 }
@@ -89,16 +96,18 @@ export function toUniversalManifestFacadeModule(urlExpression: string) {
     `    throw lastError;`,
     `}`,
     ``,
-    `async function loadMasterCSSManifestFromImport(url) {`,
+    `async function loadMasterCSSManifestFromFetch(url) {`,
     `    const specifier = typeof url === 'string' ? url : url.href;`,
-    `    const load = new Function('specifier', "return import(specifier, { with: { type: 'json' } })");`,
-    `    const manifestModule = await load(specifier);`,
-    `    return manifestModule.default;`,
+    `    const response = await fetch(specifier);`,
+    `    return response.json();`,
     `}`,
     ``,
+    // Browsers use `fetch`; only the Node branch keeps the JSON import attribute.
+    // See `toBrowserManifestFacadeModule` for why import attributes cannot be used
+    // on the browser (they break Safari < 17.2 / iOS 15-16 at parse time).
     `export default typeof window === 'undefined'`,
     `    ? await loadMasterCSSManifestFromFile(masterCSSManifestURL)`,
-    `    : await loadMasterCSSManifestFromImport(masterCSSManifestURL);`,
+    `    : await loadMasterCSSManifestFromFetch(masterCSSManifestURL);`,
     ``
   ].join('\n')
 }
diff --git a/packages/integration/tests/module.test.ts b/packages/integration/tests/module.test.ts
index 3004e5b88..30a331cfc 100644
--- a/packages/integration/tests/module.test.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/tests/module.test.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   toManifestJSON,
   toManifestPreloadLinkAttrs,
   toManifestPreloadLinkTag,
+  toBrowserManifestFacadeModule,
   toEmittedGlobalsModule,
   toUniversalManifestFacadeModule
 } from '../src/module'
@@ -69,9 +70,24 @@ describe('@master/css-integration module helpers', () => {
     expect(source).toContain(`join(process.cwd(), '.next', value.slice('/_next/'.length))`)
     expect(source).toContain(`join(process.cwd(), '.next', 'dev', value.slice('/_next/'.length))`)
     expect(source).toContain('for (const file of files)')
+    // Node branch keeps the JSON import attribute (Node supports it).
     expect(source).toContain(`return import(specifier, options)`)
     expect(source).toContain(`with: { type: 'json' }`)
-    expect(source).not.toContain('fetch(')
+    // Browser branch loads via fetch; import attributes break Safari < 17.2 (iOS 15/16).
+    expect(source).toContain('await fetch(specifier)')
+    expect(source).toContain(': await loadMasterCSSManifestFromFetch(masterCSSManifestURL)')
     expect(source).not.toContain('readFile')
   })
+
+  it('builds a browser manifest facade that avoids import attributes', () => {
+    const source = toBrowserManifestFacadeModule('new URL("./master-css-manifest.json", import.meta.url)')
+
+    // Must load the manifest with fetch, never `import(url, { with: { type: 'json' } })`.
+    // Import attributes are a SyntaxError on Safari < 17.2 (all iOS 15/16), and evaluating
+    // them — even inside `new Function` — breaks the entire app at bootstrap with a blank page.
+    expect(source).toContain('await fetch(')
+    expect(source).toContain('.json()')
+    expect(source).not.toContain('with: { type:')
+    expect(source).not.toContain('new Function')
+  })
 })