diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
index 080329cffad..450d162a1d3 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/README.md
@@ -1366,10 +1366,12 @@ Learn more about React Storybook:
 
 ## Making a Progressive Web App
 
-By default, the production build is a fully functional, offline-first
-[Progressive Web App](https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/).
+**The Progressive Web App and Service Workers feature is currently disabled and will re-enabled after modificatioons.**
 
-Progressive Web Apps are faster and more reliable than traditional web pages, and provide an engaging mobile experience:
+~~By default, the production build is a fully functional, offline-first
+Progressive Web App.~~
+
+[Progressive Web Apps](https://developers.google.com/web/progressive-web-apps/) are faster and more reliable than traditional web pages, and provide an engaging mobile experience:
 
  * All static site assets are cached so that your page loads fast on subsequent visits, regardless of network connectivity (such as 2G or 3G). Updates are downloaded in the background.
  * Your app will work regardless of network state, even if offline. This means your users will be able to use your app at 10,000 feet and on the Subway.
@@ -1453,6 +1455,8 @@ option in the `SWPrecacheWebpackPlugin` section of
 
 ### Progressive Web App Metadata
 
+**The Progressive Web App and Service Workers feature is currently disabled and will re-enabled at a later date**
+
 The default configuration includes a web app manifest located at
 [`public/manifest.json`](public/manifest.json), that you can customize with
 details specific to your web application.
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.js b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.js
index 53c768842ca..5d76a18a853 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/template/src/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import App from './App';
-import registerServiceWorker from './registerServiceWorker';
 import './index.css';
 
 ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
-registerServiceWorker();