diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 2f09d35e9f7..5af27c985bd 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -151,16 +151,10 @@ module ApplicationHelper
     nonce_attribute = "nonce=\"#{csp_nonce_placeholder}\""
 
     add_resource_preload_list(url, "script")
-    if GlobalSetting.preload_link_header
-      <<~HTML.html_safe
-        <script defer src="#{url}" #{entrypoint_attribute} #{nonce_attribute}></script>
-      HTML
-    else
-      <<~HTML.html_safe
-        <link rel="preload" href="#{url}" as="script" #{entrypoint_attribute} #{nonce_attribute}>
-        <script defer src="#{url}" #{entrypoint_attribute} #{nonce_attribute}></script>
-      HTML
-    end
+
+    <<~HTML.html_safe
+      <script defer src="#{url}" #{entrypoint_attribute} #{nonce_attribute}></script>
+    HTML
   end
 
   def add_resource_preload_list(resource_url, type)
diff --git a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
index 013e7143b41..6526ba884d4 100644
--- a/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/helpers/application_helper_spec.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ RSpec.describe ApplicationHelper do
   describe "preload_script" do
     def script_tag(url, entrypoint, nonce)
       <<~HTML
-          <link rel="preload" href="#{url}" as="script" data-discourse-entrypoint="#{entrypoint}" nonce="#{nonce}">
           <script defer src="#{url}" data-discourse-entrypoint="#{entrypoint}" nonce="#{nonce}"></script>
       HTML
     end