diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eae83538a4..a22ac62ceb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,9 +11,8 @@ _This release is scheduled to be released on 2024-10-01._
 
 ### Added
 
-- [core] removed `config.paths.vendor` (could not work because `vendor` is hardcoded in `index.html`), renamed `config.paths.modules` to `config.foreignModulesDir`
-- [core] add variable `MM_CUSTOMCSS_FILE` which - if set - overrides `config.customCss`
-- [core] add variable `MM_MODULES_DIR` which - if set - overrides `config.foreignModulesDir`
+- [core] removed `config.paths.vendor` (could not work because `vendor` is hardcoded in `index.html`), renamed `config.paths.modules` to `config.foreignModulesDir`, added variable `MM_CUSTOMCSS_FILE` which - if set - overrides `config.customCss`, added variable `MM_MODULES_DIR` which - if set - overrides `config.foreignModulesDir`
+- [core] elements are now removed from index.html when loading script or stylesheet files fails
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/js/loader.js b/js/loader.js
index 02a18d44de..acc77d2801 100644
--- a/js/loader.js
+++ b/js/loader.js
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ const Loader = (function () {
 					};
 					script.onerror = function () {
 						Log.error("Error on loading script:", fileName);
+						script.remove();
 						resolve();
 					};
 					document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(script);
@@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ const Loader = (function () {
 					};
 					stylesheet.onerror = function () {
 						Log.error("Error on loading stylesheet:", fileName);
+						stylesheet.remove();
 						resolve();
 					};
 					document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(stylesheet);