diff --git a/src/3p-frame.js b/src/3p-frame.js
index bfbe613d25b6..9711d26428c8 100644
--- a/src/3p-frame.js
+++ b/src/3p-frame.js
@@ -156,7 +156,9 @@ export function addDataAndJsonAttributes_(element, attributes) {
 export function prefetchBootstrap(window) {
   const url = getBootstrapBaseUrl(window);
   const preconnect = preconnectFor(window);
-  preconnect.prefetch(url, 'document');
+  // `as=document` attribute is left out on purpose for lack of support and is
+  // an invalid value that is thrown as a warning message in the logs.
+  preconnect.prefetch(url);
   // While the URL may point to a custom domain, this URL will always be
   // fetched by it.
   preconnect.prefetch(
diff --git a/test/functional/test-3p-frame.js b/test/functional/test-3p-frame.js
index 17120e40ddc8..56005e29e759 100644
--- a/test/functional/test-3p-frame.js
+++ b/test/functional/test-3p-frame.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ describe('3p-frame', () => {
     expect(fetches).to.have.length(2);
     expect(fetches[0].href).to.equal(
         'http://ads.localhost:9876/dist.3p/current/frame.max.html');
-    expect(fetches[0].getAttribute('as')).to.equal('document');
+    expect(fetches[0].getAttribute('as')).to.be.null;
     expect(fetches[1].href).to.equal(
         'https://3p.ampproject.net/$internalRuntimeVersion$/f.js');
     expect(fetches[1].getAttribute('as')).to.equal('script');