diff --git a/lib/resources/content/webpack.config.template.js b/lib/resources/content/webpack.config.template.js
index 352ddf35f..522e29b81 100644
--- a/lib/resources/content/webpack.config.template.js
+++ b/lib/resources/content/webpack.config.template.js
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ module.exports = ({production, server, extractCss, coverage, analyze} = {}) => (
       // @if transpiler.id='typescript'
       { test: /\.tsx?$/, loader: "ts-loader" },
       // @endif
-      { test: /\.json$/i, loader: 'json-loader' },
       // use Bluebird as the global Promise implementation:
       { test: /[\/\\]node_modules[\/\\]bluebird[\/\\].+\.js$/, loader: 'expose-loader?Promise' },
       // embed small images and fonts as Data Urls and larger ones as files: