diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/package.json.hbs b/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/package.json.hbs
index 10f893d7dc..463fc6ea90 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/package.json.hbs
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/package.json.hbs
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
     "@testing-library/react": "{{versionQuery '@testing-library/react' '12.1.3'}}",
     "@testing-library/user-event": "{{versionQuery '@testing-library/user-event' '14.0.0'}}",
     "@types/node": "{{versionQuery '@types/node' '16.11.26'}}",
-    "msw": "{{versionQuery 'msw' '1.0.0'}}",
-    "cross-fetch": "{{versionQuery 'cross-fetch' '3.1.5'}}"
+    "msw": "{{versionQuery 'msw' '1.0.0'}}"
   },
   "files": [
     "dist"
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/src/setupTests.ts b/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/src/setupTests.ts
index 48c09b5346..7b0828bfa8 100644
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/src/setupTests.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/src/setupTests.ts
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 import '@testing-library/jest-dom';
-import 'cross-fetch/polyfill';