diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts
index da5b609e043b..a6649e8703c4 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts
@@ -68,23 +68,11 @@ export async function generateWebpackConfig(
   // For differential loading, we can have several targets
   return scriptTargets.map(scriptTarget => {
     let buildOptions: NormalizedBrowserBuilderSchema = { ...options };
-    const supportES2015
-      = scriptTarget !== ts.ScriptTarget.ES3 && scriptTarget !== ts.ScriptTarget.ES5;
-
     if (differentialLoading) {
+      // For differential loading, the builder needs to created the index.html by itself
+      // without using a webpack plugin.
       buildOptions = {
         ...options,
-        ...(
-          // FIXME: we do create better webpack config composition to achieve the below
-          // When DL is enabled and supportES2015 is true it means that we are on the second build
-          // This also means that we don't need to include styles and assets multiple times
-          supportES2015
-            ? {}
-            : {
-              styles: options.extractCss ? [] : options.styles,
-              assets: [],
-            }
-        ),
         es5BrowserSupport: undefined,
         index: '',
         esVersionInFileName: true,
@@ -92,6 +80,9 @@ export async function generateWebpackConfig(
       };
     }
 
+    const supportES2015
+      = scriptTarget !== ts.ScriptTarget.ES3 && scriptTarget !== ts.ScriptTarget.ES5;
+
     const wco: BrowserWebpackConfigOptions = {
       root: workspaceRoot,
       logger: logger.createChild('webpackConfigOptions'),