diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html b/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html
index ed0ebafa1b7..73b2ecd7fc3 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/public/index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 <html lang="en">
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#000000">
     <!--
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
       homescreen on Android. See https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/engage-and-retain/web-app-manifest/
     -->
     <link rel="manifest" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/manifest.json">
-    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="%PUBLIC_URL%/favicon.ico">
     <!--
       Notice the use of %PUBLIC_URL% in the tags above.
       It will be replaced with the URL of the `public` folder during the build.
