diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/cache-dir/develop-static-entry.js b/packages/gatsby/src/cache-dir/develop-static-entry.js
index f175669e552cd..fc17e3e362c4d 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/cache-dir/develop-static-entry.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/cache-dir/develop-static-entry.js
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export default (pagePath, callback) => {
     body: ``,
     headComponents: headComponents.concat([
       <script key={`io`} src="/socket.io/socket.io.js" />,
-      <link key={`style`} rel="stylesheet" href="/commons.css" />,
     ]),
     preBodyComponents,
     postBodyComponents: postBodyComponents.concat([
diff --git a/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js b/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js
index cad904aeb2daa..e984668ff649f 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/gatsby/src/utils/webpack.config.js
@@ -176,10 +176,6 @@ module.exports = async (
     switch (stage) {
       case `develop`:
         configPlugins = configPlugins.concat([
-          plugins.extractText({
-            filename: `[name].css`,
-            chunkFilename: `[name].css`,
-          }),
           plugins.hotModuleReplacement(),
           plugins.noEmitOnErrors(),