diff --git a/docs/modules/workbox.md b/docs/modules/workbox.md
index 42434a13..f0e51845 100644
--- a/docs/modules/workbox.md
+++ b/docs/modules/workbox.md
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ Workbox takes a lot of the heavy lifting out of precaching by simplifying the AP
 
 Default is auto generated based on `publicPath`. Supports CDN too.
 
-Default: `/_nuxt/(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))`
+Default: `/_nuxt/`
 
 ### `pagesURLPattern`
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ Default: `/_nuxt/(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))`
 
 Default is auto generated based on `router.base`.
 
-Default: `/(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))`
+Default: `/`
 
 <!-- SW -->
 
diff --git a/packages/workbox/lib/options.js b/packages/workbox/lib/options.js
index 58da76d5..344323ee 100644
--- a/packages/workbox/lib/options.js
+++ b/packages/workbox/lib/options.js
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ const path = require('path')
 const defaults = require('./defaults')
 const { joinUrl, getRouteParams, startCase } = require('@nuxtjs/pwa-utils')
 
-const HMRRegex = '(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))'
-
 function getOptions (moduleOptions) {
   const options = Object.assign({}, defaults, moduleOptions, this.options.workbox)
 
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ function getOptions (moduleOptions) {
 
   // Cache all _nuxt resources at runtime
   if (!options.assetsURLPattern) {
-    options.assetsURLPattern = joinUrl(options.publicPath, HMRRegex)
+    options.assetsURLPattern = options.publicPath
   }
   if (options.cacheAssets) {
     options.runtimeCaching.push({
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ function getOptions (moduleOptions) {
 
   // Optionally cache other routes for offline
   if (!options.pagesURLPattern) {
-    options.pagesURLPattern = joinUrl(options.routerBase, HMRRegex)
+    options.pagesURLPattern = options.routerBase
   }
   if (options.offline && !options.offlinePage) {
     options.runtimeCaching.push({
diff --git a/test/__snapshots__/pwa.test.js.snap b/test/__snapshots__/pwa.test.js.snap
index d00c4328..52054281 100644
--- a/test/__snapshots__/pwa.test.js.snap
+++ b/test/__snapshots__/pwa.test.js.snap
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ workbox.precaching.precacheAndRoute([
 
 // Register route handlers for runtimeCaching
 workbox.routing.registerRoute(new RegExp('https://google.com/.*'), new workbox.strategies.CacheFirst ({}), 'GET')
-workbox.routing.registerRoute(new RegExp('/_nuxt/(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))'), new workbox.strategies.CacheFirst ({}), 'GET')
+workbox.routing.registerRoute(new RegExp('/_nuxt/'), new workbox.strategies.CacheFirst ({}), 'GET')
 
 // Register router handler for offlinePage
-workbox.routing.registerRoute(new RegExp('/(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))'), ({event}) => {
+workbox.routing.registerRoute(new RegExp('/'), ({event}) => {
   return new workbox.strategies.NetworkFirst().handle({event})
     .catch(() => caches.match('/offline.html'))
 })
diff --git a/test/hmr.js b/test/hmr.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ae62f5f..00000000
--- a/test/hmr.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-// This is a manual playground for HMR Regexes
-const chalk = require('chalk')
-
-const HMRRegex = '(?!.*(__webpack_hmr|hot-update))'
-
-const CSNPublicPath = 'https://cdn.com'
-
-const regexes = {
-  // Regex for cacheFirst
-  cacheFirst: new RegExp(`/_nuxt/${HMRRegex}`),
-  cacheFirstCDN: new RegExp(`${CSNPublicPath}/${HMRRegex}`),
-
-  // Regex for networkFist
-  networkFirst: new RegExp(`/${HMRRegex}`)
-}
-
-const lists = {
-  // URLs should be matched with cacheFirst
-  cacheFirst: [
-    '/_nuxt/foo.js',
-    '/_nuxt/foo/bar.json',
-    '/_nuxt/_bar/baz.134.png',
-    '/_nuxt/123.jpg?x=123'
-  ],
-
-  // CDN URLs
-  cdn: [
-    `${CSNPublicPath}/_nuxt/123.foo.js`,
-    `${CSNPublicPath}/bar/bar/123.js`
-  ],
-
-  // URLs should be matched with networkFirst
-  networkFirst: [
-    '/',
-    '/test.txt',
-    '/boo',
-    '/_foo/bar/baz',
-    '/foo/bar/baz/a.txt?y=123'
-  ],
-
-  // Webpack HMR URLs
-  webpack: [
-    '/__webpack_hmr',
-    '/__webpack_hmr/',
-    '/__webpack_hmr/client/chunk.json',
-    '/__webpack_hmr/client/chunk.123.json?a=123',
-    '/hot-update.json',
-    '/abc123def.hot-update.json',
-    '/_nuxt/hot-update.json',
-    '/_nuxt/abc123edf.hot-update.json',
-    '/_nuxt/foo/hot-hot-update.json',
-    '/_nuxt/foo/abc123def.hot-hot-update.json'
-  ]
-}
-
-const log = (msg, ok) => {
-  console.log(chalk[ok ? 'green' : 'red'](`${ok ? '✓' : '✕'} ${msg}`))
-}
-
-const allShouldMatch = (regexName, listName) => lists[listName].forEach(item => {
-  log(`${regexName} should match ${item}`, regexes[regexName].test(item))
-})
-
-const allShouldNotMatch = (regexName, listName) => lists[listName].forEach(item => {
-  log(`${regexName} should not match ${item}`, !regexes[regexName].test(item))
-})
-
-allShouldMatch('cacheFirst', 'cacheFirst')
-allShouldMatch('cacheFirstCDN', 'cdn')
-allShouldNotMatch('cacheFirst', 'webpack')
-
-allShouldMatch('networkFirst', 'networkFirst')
-allShouldNotMatch('networkFirst', 'webpack')