diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.css b/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.css
index e2bd8f36a01..ec2585e8c0b 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.css
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template-typescript/src/index.css
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 body {
   margin: 0;
-  padding: 0;
   font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen',
     'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue',
     sans-serif;
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.css b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.css
index cee5f348fb9..4a1df4db71c 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.css
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.css
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 body {
   margin: 0;
-  padding: 0;
   font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", "Roboto", "Oxygen",
     "Ubuntu", "Cantarell", "Fira Sans", "Droid Sans", "Helvetica Neue",
     sans-serif;