diff --git a/packages/html/src/html.ts b/packages/html/src/html.ts
index 446b26b..b410485 100644
--- a/packages/html/src/html.ts
+++ b/packages/html/src/html.ts
@@ -64,10 +64,7 @@ export class HtmlFragments implements FlattenInto {
         }
         for (const p of Array.from(n.content.querySelectorAll('placeholder'))) {
             const e = nodeMap[p.id];
-            if (e) {
-                p.parentNode!.insertBefore(e, p);
-                p.remove();
-            }
+            if (e) p.parentNode!.replaceChild(e, p);
         }
         if (this.contextElementName !== void 0) {
             return Array.from(n.content.firstElementChild!.childNodes);