diff --git a/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js b/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js
index a683c6bf73..27f34660ec 100644
--- a/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js
+++ b/demo-shell-ng2/config/webpack.common.js
@@ -140,5 +140,9 @@ module.exports = {
         new webpack.optimize.CommonsChunkPlugin({
             name: ['app', 'vendor', 'polyfills']
         })
-    ]
+    ],
+
+    node: {
+        fs: 'empty'
+    }
 };