diff --git a/docs/angular/api-web/executors/build.md b/docs/angular/api-web/executors/build.md
index bc4f6ba4af..9f54416caf 100644
--- a/docs/angular/api-web/executors/build.md
+++ b/docs/angular/api-web/executors/build.md
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ List of static application assets.
 
 ### baseHref
 
-Default: `/`
-
 Type: `string`
 
 Base url for the application being built.
diff --git a/docs/node/api-web/executors/build.md b/docs/node/api-web/executors/build.md
index 8b4a2fff45..c1bd7d075b 100644
--- a/docs/node/api-web/executors/build.md
+++ b/docs/node/api-web/executors/build.md
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ List of static application assets.
 
 ### baseHref
 
-Default: `/`
-
 Type: `string`
 
 Base url for the application being built.
diff --git a/docs/react/api-web/executors/build.md b/docs/react/api-web/executors/build.md
index 8b4a2fff45..c1bd7d075b 100644
--- a/docs/react/api-web/executors/build.md
+++ b/docs/react/api-web/executors/build.md
@@ -32,8 +32,6 @@ List of static application assets.
 
 ### baseHref
 
-Default: `/`
-
 Type: `string`
 
 Base url for the application being built.
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index fa4ed806ce..9c21acbf73 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ Object {
       assets: ['apps/my-app/src/favicon.ico', 'apps/my-app/src/assets'],
       index: 'apps/my-app/src/index.html',
       main: 'apps/my-app/src/main.tsx',
+      baseHref: '/',
       outputPath: 'dist/apps/my-app',
       polyfills: 'apps/my-app/src/polyfills.ts',
       scripts: [],
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts
index 1cf92861a9..34009d46a8 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ function createBuildTarget(options: NormalizedSchema): TargetConfiguration {
     options: {
       outputPath: joinPathFragments('dist', options.appProjectRoot),
       index: joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'src/index.html'),
+      baseHref: '/',
       main: joinPathFragments(
         options.appProjectRoot,
         maybeJs(options, `src/main.tsx`)
diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/build/schema.json b/packages/web/src/executors/build/schema.json
index 0c20789215..c6009cb088 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/build/schema.json
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/build/schema.json
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@
     },
     "baseHref": {
       "type": "string",
-      "description": "Base url for the application being built.",
-      "default": "/"
+      "description": "Base url for the application being built."
     },
     "deployUrl": {
       "type": "string",
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index a13e2a3e0a..6539aa19ce 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ describe('app', () => {
     expect(architectConfig.build.options).toEqual({
       assets: ['apps/my-app/src/favicon.ico', 'apps/my-app/src/assets'],
       index: 'apps/my-app/src/index.html',
+      baseHref: '/',
       main: 'apps/my-app/src/main.ts',
       outputPath: 'dist/apps/my-app',
       polyfills: 'apps/my-app/src/polyfills.ts',
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
index 7945ae34da..fa5fcf4540 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function addBuildTarget(
   const buildOptions: WebBuildBuilderOptions = {
     outputPath: joinPathFragments('dist', options.appProjectRoot),
     index: joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'src/index.html'),
+    baseHref: '/',
     main: joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'src/main.ts'),
     polyfills: joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'src/polyfills.ts'),
     tsConfig: joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'tsconfig.app.json'),