diff --git src/wp-admin/edit.php src/wp-admin/edit.php
index d85a1ea49c..b0615b8779 100644
--- src/wp-admin/edit.php
+++ src/wp-admin/edit.php
@@ -184,9 +184,7 @@ wp_enqueue_script('heartbeat');
 
 if ( 'wp_block' === $post_type ) {
 	wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-list-reusable-blocks' );
-
-	// wp-list-reusable-blocks enhances the page's DOM and so needs to be loaded in the footer.
-	wp_enqueue_script( 'wp-list-reusable-blocks', '', array(), false, true );
+	wp_enqueue_script( 'wp-list-reusable-blocks' );
 }
 
 $title = $post_type_object->labels->name;
diff --git src/wp-includes/script-loader.php src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index e2e2463201..78add1774e 100644
--- src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ src/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -473,6 +473,11 @@ function wp_default_packages_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 		if ( isset( $package_translations[ $package ] ) ) {
 			$scripts->set_translations( $handle, $package_translations[ $package ] );
 		}
+
+		// wp-list-reusable-blocks enhances the page's DOM and so needs to be loaded in the footer.
+		if ( 'wp-list-reusable-blocks' === $handle ) {
+			$scripts->add_data( $handle, 'group', 1 );
+		}
 	}
 }