diff --git a/examples/appcache/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/appcache/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index 536e8a47..3a2aa9e5 100644
--- a/examples/appcache/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/appcache/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<!doctype html><html lang="en" manifest="manifest.appcache"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Example template</title><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"><script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
+<!doctype html><html lang="en" manifest="manifest.appcache"><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title>Example template</title><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"><script src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/custom-template/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/custom-template/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index d68bf441..9a4b4918 100644
--- a/examples/custom-template/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/custom-template/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 <body>
   <h2>Partial</h2>
 <img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png">
-<script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body>
+<script src="bundle.js"></script></body>
 </html>
diff --git a/examples/default/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/default/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index 866dfa44..8a7f3ef8 100644
--- a/examples/default/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/default/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
     <title>Webpack App</title>
   </head>
   <body>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body>
+  <script src="bundle.js"></script></body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/favicon/dist/webpack-4/favicon.html b/examples/favicon/dist/webpack-4/favicon.html
index dd7daeb2..7276322a 100644
--- a/examples/favicon/dist/webpack-4/favicon.html
+++ b/examples/favicon/dist/webpack-4/favicon.html
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
     <title>HtmlWebpackPlugin example</title>
   <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head>
   <body>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body>
+  <script src="bundle.js"></script></body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/about.html b/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/about.html
index 68c0cab2..5689f881 100644
--- a/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/about.html
+++ b/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/about.html
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head>
 <body>
   <img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png">
-<script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body>
+<script src="bundle.js"></script></body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index 68c0cab2..5689f881 100644
--- a/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/html-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head>
 <body>
   <img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png">
-<script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body>
+<script src="bundle.js"></script></body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/inline/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/inline/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index b49fc66a..9d15ee9c 100644
--- a/examples/inline/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/inline/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><title>Jade demo</title></head><body><style>body {
   background: snow;
-}</style><script type="text/javascript">/******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
+}</style><script>/******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
 /******/ 	// The module cache
 /******/ 	var installedModules = {};
 /******/
diff --git a/examples/inline/template.jade b/examples/inline/template.jade
index cc47fd6a..301b0915 100644
--- a/examples/inline/template.jade
+++ b/examples/inline/template.jade
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ html
     each cssFile in htmlWebpackPlugin.files.css
       style !{compilation.assets[cssFile.substr(htmlWebpackPlugin.files.publicPath.length)].source()}
     each jsFile in htmlWebpackPlugin.files.js
-      script(type="text/javascript") !{compilation.assets[jsFile.substr(htmlWebpackPlugin.files.publicPath.length)].source()}
+      script !{compilation.assets[jsFile.substr(htmlWebpackPlugin.files.publicPath.length)].source()}
diff --git a/examples/jade-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/jade-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index 51385f90..1cbcdf85 100644
--- a/examples/jade-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/jade-loader/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Jade demo</title><link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><div id="main"><!-- this partial is used for frontend and backend--><div class="time"> <b>Current time</b><p>1999-01-01T05:00:00.000Z</p></div><img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"></div><script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
+<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Jade demo</title><link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico"><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body><div id="main"><!-- this partial is used for frontend and backend--><div class="time"> <b>Current time</b><p>1999-01-01T05:00:00.000Z</p></div><img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"></div><script src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/javascript-advanced/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/javascript-advanced/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index 61d6408d..194f6fba 100644
--- a/examples/javascript-advanced/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/javascript-advanced/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <html><head><title>Webpack App</title><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head><body>Hello World from backend - <h2>Partial</h2>
-<img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"><script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
+<img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"><script src="bundle.js"></script></body></html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/javascript/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/javascript/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index b0bcd096..2d600e19 100644
--- a/examples/javascript/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/javascript/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 <head><link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head>Hello World from backend2018-02-14T04:00:28.077Z<h2>Partial</h2>
-<img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"><script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script>
\ No newline at end of file
+<img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png"><script src="bundle.js"></script>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/first-file.html b/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/first-file.html
index afacda4b..b2d63a4f 100644
--- a/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/first-file.html
+++ b/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/first-file.html
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head>
 <body>
   <img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png">
-<script type="text/javascript" src="a.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="b.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="c.js"></script></body>
+<script src="a.js"></script><script src="b.js"></script><script src="c.js"></script></body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/second-file.html b/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/second-file.html
index d6d80d35..1ef7520f 100644
--- a/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/second-file.html
+++ b/examples/sort-manually/dist/webpack-4/second-file.html
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"></head>
 <body>
   <img src="0714810ae3fb211173e2964249507195.png">
-<script type="text/javascript" src="a.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="b.js"></script><script type="text/javascript" src="d.js"></script></body>
+<script src="a.js"></script><script src="b.js"></script><script src="d.js"></script></body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/template-parameters/dist/webpack-4/index.html b/examples/template-parameters/dist/webpack-4/index.html
index 397760f0..5d06507e 100644
--- a/examples/template-parameters/dist/webpack-4/index.html
+++ b/examples/template-parameters/dist/webpack-4/index.html
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
     <title>bar</title>
   </head>
   <body>
-  <script type="text/javascript" src="bundle.js"></script></body>
+  <script src="bundle.js"></script></body>
 </html>
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f22134b5..465190ad 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -556,7 +556,6 @@ class HtmlWebpackPlugin {
       tagName: 'script',
       voidTag: false,
       attributes: {
-        type: 'text/javascript',
         src: scriptPath
       }
     }));
diff --git a/spec/BasicSpec.js b/spec/BasicSpec.js
index 708e4577..d8b6d964 100644
--- a/spec/BasicSpec.js
+++ b/spec/BasicSpec.js
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/], null, done);
+    }, [/<body>[\s]*<script src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('generates a default index.html file with multiple entry points', function (done) {
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: '[name]_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="util_bundle.js"', '<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="util_bundle.js"', '<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to specify a custom loader without injection', function (done) {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         template: 'jade-loader!' + path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/template.jade')
       })]
     },
-    ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js', 'Some unique text'], null, done);
+    ['<script src="app_bundle.js', 'Some unique text'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('should pass through loader errors', function (done) {
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/template.jade')
       })]
     },
-    ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js', 'Some unique text'], null, done);
+    ['<script src="app_bundle.js', 'Some unique text'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('works when using html-loader', function (done) {
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         template: 'html-loader!' + path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/plain.html')
       })]
     },
-    ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    ['<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to specify your own HTML template file', function (done) {
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         inject: false
       })]
     },
-    ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js', 'Some unique text'], null, done);
+    ['<script src="app_bundle.js', 'Some unique text'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject the assets into a given html file', function (done) {
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         inject: true,
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/plain.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="util_bundle.js"', '<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="util_bundle.js"', '<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject the assets into the body of the given template', function (done) {
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         inject: 'body',
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/plain.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="util_bundle.js"', '<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="util_bundle.js"', '<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject the assets into the head of the given template', function (done) {
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         inject: 'head',
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/plain.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="util_bundle.js"', '<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="util_bundle.js"', '<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject a specified asset into a given html file', function (done) {
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         chunks: ['app'],
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/plain.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject a specified asset into a given html file', function (done) {
@@ -357,7 +357,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         excludeChunks: ['util'],
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/plain.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to use chunkhash with asset into a given html file', function (done) {
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
     }, [{
       type: 'chunkhash',
       chunkName: 'app',
-      containStr: '<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js?%chunkhash%"'
+      containStr: '<script src="app_bundle.js?%chunkhash%"'
     }], null, done);
   });
 
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         }
       })]
     },
-    ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    ['<script src="app_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('works with source maps', function (done) {
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('handles hashes in bundle filenames', function (done) {
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle_[hash].js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, [/<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle_[0-9a-f]+\.js"*/], null, done);
+    }, [/<script src="index_bundle_[0-9a-f]+\.js"*/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('handles hashes in the directory which has the bundle file', function (done) {
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle_[hash].js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, [/<script type="text\/javascript" src="\/dist\/[0-9a-f]+\/index_bundle_[0-9a-f]+\.js"*/], null, done);
+    }, [/<script src="\/dist\/[0-9a-f]+\/index_bundle_[0-9a-f]+\.js"*/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows to append hashes to the assets', function (done) {
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({hash: true})]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="index_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows to append hashes to the assets', function (done) {
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({hash: true, inject: true})]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="index_bundle.js?%hash%"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('should work with the css extract plugin', function (done) {
@@ -594,7 +594,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         publicPath: 'http://cdn.example.com/assets/'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.example.com/assets/index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="http://cdn.example.com/assets/index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('handles subdirectories in the webpack output bundles', function (done) {
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'assets/index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="assets/index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="assets/index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('handles subdirectories in the webpack output bundles along with a public path', function (done) {
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         publicPath: 'http://cdn.example.com/'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin()]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="http://cdn.example.com/assets/index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<script src="http://cdn.example.com/assets/index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to configure the title of the generated HTML page', function (done) {
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({filename: 'test.html'})]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"'], 'test.html', done);
+    }, ['<script src="index_bundle.js"'], 'test.html', done);
   });
 
   it('will replace [hash] in the filename with the child compilation hash', function (done) {
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
         filename: 'test-[hash].html'
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"'], /test-\S+\.html$/, done);
+    }, ['<script src="index_bundle.js"'], /test-\S+\.html$/, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to use an absolute output filename', function (done) {
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
         filename: path.resolve(OUTPUT_DIR, 'subfolder', 'test.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="../index_bundle.js"'], path.join('subfolder', 'test.html'), done);
+    }, ['<script src="../index_bundle.js"'], path.join('subfolder', 'test.html'), done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to use an absolute output filename outside the output path', function (done) {
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
         filename: path.resolve(OUTPUT_DIR, 'test.html')
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app/index_bundle.js"'], 'test.html', done);
+    }, ['<script src="app/index_bundle.js"'], 'test.html', done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to use an relative output filename outside the output path', function (done) {
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({
         filename: '../test.html'
       })]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="app/index_bundle.js"'], 'test.html', done);
+    }, ['<script src="app/index_bundle.js"'], 'test.html', done);
   });
 
   it('will try to use a relative name if the filename is in a subdirectory', function (done) {
@@ -702,7 +702,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({filename: 'assets/test.html'})]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="../index_bundle.js"'], 'assets/test.html', done);
+    }, ['<script src="../index_bundle.js"'], 'assets/test.html', done);
   });
 
   it('will try to use a relative name if the filename and the script are in a subdirectory', function (done) {
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         filename: 'assets/index_bundle.js'
       },
       plugins: [new HtmlWebpackPlugin({filename: 'assets/demo/test.html'})]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="../../assets/index_bundle.js"'], 'assets/demo/test.html', done);
+    }, ['<script src="../../assets/index_bundle.js"'], 'assets/demo/test.html', done);
   });
 
   it('allows you write multiple HTML files', function (done) {
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
           template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/test.html')
         })
       ]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"'], null, function () {
+    }, ['<script src="index_bundle.js"'], null, function () {
       expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, 'second-file.html'))).toBe(true);
       expect(fs.existsSync(path.join(OUTPUT_DIR, 'third-file.html'))).toBe(true);
       done();
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin({template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/empty_html.html')}),
         new ExtractTextPlugin('styles.css')
       ]
-    }, ['<link href="styles.css"', '<script type="text/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
+    }, ['<link href="styles.css"', '<script src="index_bundle.js"'], null, done);
   });
 
   it('exposes the webpack configuration to templates', function (done) {
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         examplePlugin
       ]
     },
-    [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="app_bundle.js" async><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/],
+    [/<body>[\s]*<script src="app_bundle.js" async><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/],
     null, done, false, false);
   });
 
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         examplePlugin
       ]
     },
-    [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="app_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/],
+    [/<body>[\s]*<script src="app_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body>/],
     null, done, false, false);
   });
 
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin(),
         examplePlugin
       ]
-    }, ['Injected by plugin', '<script type="text/javascript" src="funky-script.js"'], null, function () {
+    }, ['Injected by plugin', '<script src="funky-script.js"'], null, function () {
       expect(eventFired).toBe(true);
       done();
     }, false,
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         }),
         examplePlugin
       ]
-    }, ['<script type="text/javascript" src="funky-script.js"'], null, function () {
+    }, ['<script src="funky-script.js"'], null, function () {
       expect(eventFired).toBe(true);
       done();
     });
@@ -1275,8 +1275,8 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         new HtmlWebpackPlugin()
       ]
     }, [
-      /<script type="text\/javascript" src="common_bundle.js">[\s\S]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="util_bundle.js">/,
-      /<script type="text\/javascript" src="common_bundle.js"[\s\S]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js">/], null, done);
+      /<script src="common_bundle.js">[\s\S]*<script src="util_bundle.js">/,
+      /<script src="common_bundle.js"[\s\S]*<script src="index_bundle.js">/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('adds a favicon', function (done) {
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         })
       ]
     }, [
-      /(<script type="text\/javascript" src="common_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="util_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js">)|(<script type="text\/javascript" src="common_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="util_bundle.js">)/
+      /(<script src="common_bundle.js">.+<script src="util_bundle.js">.+<script src="index_bundle.js">)|(<script src="common_bundle.js">.+<script src="index_bundle.js">.+<script src="util_bundle.js">)/
     ], null, done);
   });
 
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
           }
         })
       ]
-    }, [/<script type="text\/javascript" src="c_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="b_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="a_bundle.js">/], null, done);
+    }, [/<script src="c_bundle.js">.+<script src="b_bundle.js">.+<script src="a_bundle.js">/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('should sort manually by the chunks', function (done) {
@@ -1568,7 +1568,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         })
       ]
     }, [
-      /<script type="text\/javascript" src="common_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="a_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="b_bundle.js">.+<script type="text\/javascript" src="c_bundle.js">/], null, done);
+      /<script src="common_bundle.js">.+<script src="a_bundle.js">.+<script src="b_bundle.js">.+<script src="c_bundle.js">/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('should add the webpack compilation object as a property of the templateParam object', function (done) {
@@ -1651,7 +1651,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         templateContent: ''
       })]
     },
-    [/^<script type="text\/javascript" src="app_bundle\.js"><\/script>$/], null, done);
+    [/^<script src="app_bundle\.js"><\/script>$/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject the assets into the body of the given spaced closing tag template', function (done) {
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         inject: 'body',
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/spaced_plain.html')
       })]
-    }, [/<body>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body\s>/], null, done);
+    }, [/<body>[\s]*<script src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/body\s>/], null, done);
   });
 
   it('allows you to inject the assets into the head of the given spaced closing tag template', function (done) {
@@ -1679,6 +1679,6 @@ describe('HtmlWebpackPlugin', function () {
         inject: 'head',
         template: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures/spaced_plain.html')
       })]
-    }, [/<head>[\s]*<script type="text\/javascript" src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/head\s>/], null, done);
+    }, [/<head>[\s]*<script src="index_bundle.js"><\/script>[\s]*<\/head\s>/], null, done);
   });
 });
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/invalid.html b/spec/fixtures/invalid.html
index 92bb2315..842b2f2b 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/invalid.html
+++ b/spec/fixtures/invalid.html
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <p>Some unique text</p>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="<%=foo.bar%>"></script>
+    <script src="<%=foo.bar%>"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/legacy.html b/spec/fixtures/legacy.html
index 91cb1579..f7473d16 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/legacy.html
+++ b/spec/fixtures/legacy.html
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <p>Some unique text</p>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="{%=o.htmlWebpackPlugin.assets.app%}"></script>
+    <script src="{%=o.htmlWebpackPlugin.assets.app%}"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/template.jade b/spec/fixtures/template.jade
index 39aa1a97..5f56e942 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/template.jade
+++ b/spec/fixtures/template.jade
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ html
   body
     p Some unique text
     each jsFile in htmlWebpackPlugin.files.js
-      script(type="text/javascript" src!=jsFile)
+      script(src!=jsFile)
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/test.html b/spec/fixtures/test.html
index fa8a9ec5..78d04850 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/test.html
+++ b/spec/fixtures/test.html
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <p>Some unique text</p>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="<%=htmlWebpackPlugin.files.chunks.app.entry%>"></script>
+    <script src="<%=htmlWebpackPlugin.files.chunks.app.entry%>"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/webpackconfig.html b/spec/fixtures/webpackconfig.html
index 3359eb7d..31d8cb67 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/webpackconfig.html
+++ b/spec/fixtures/webpackconfig.html
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <p>Public path is <%= webpackConfig.output.publicPath %></p>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.files.chunks.app.entry %>?<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.files.chunks.app.hash %>"></script>
+    <script src="<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.files.chunks.app.entry %>?<%= htmlWebpackPlugin.files.chunks.app.hash %>"></script>
   </body>
 </html>
