diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee
index 768224d95..f0c3b87c9 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/exports/electron.coffee
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # Import common modules.
 module.exports = require '../../../../common/api/lib/exports/electron'
 
-v8Util = process.atomBinding 'v8_util'
-v8Util.setHiddenValue module.exports, 'electronModule', true
-
 Object.defineProperties module.exports,
   # Browser side modules, please sort with alphabet order.
   app:
diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/rpc-server.coffee b/atom/browser/lib/rpc-server.coffee
index 5c67026de..df6d4f1f9 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/rpc-server.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/rpc-server.coffee
@@ -18,10 +18,6 @@ valueToMeta = (sender, value, optimizeSimpleObject=false) ->
   meta.type = 'date' if value instanceof Date
   meta.type = 'promise' if value?.constructor.name is 'Promise'
 
-  # require('electron').
-  if meta.type is 'object' and v8Util.getHiddenValue value, 'electronModule'
-    meta.type = 'electronModule'
-
   # Treat simple objects as value.
   if optimizeSimpleObject and meta.type is 'object' and v8Util.getHiddenValue value, 'simple'
     meta.type = 'value'
@@ -49,8 +45,6 @@ valueToMeta = (sender, value, optimizeSimpleObject=false) ->
     meta.members = plainObjectToMeta value
   else if meta.type is 'date'
     meta.value = value.getTime()
-  else if meta.type is 'electronModule'
-    meta.members = (name for name of value)
   else
     meta.type = 'value'
     meta.value = value
diff --git a/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee b/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee
index a38d6ec0b..e177ea4bb 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/api/lib/remote.coffee
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@ metaToValue = (meta) ->
     when 'date' then new Date(meta.value)
     when 'exception'
       throw new Error("#{meta.message}\n#{meta.stack}")
-    when 'electronModule'
-      # require('electron').
-      ret = {}
-      for member in meta.members
-        do (member) ->
-          Object.defineProperty ret, member,
-            enumerable: true
-            get: -> exports.getBuiltin member
-      ret
     else
       if meta.type is 'function'
         # A shadow class to represent the remote function object.
@@ -157,6 +148,9 @@ exports.require = (module) ->
   meta = ipcRenderer.sendSync 'ATOM_BROWSER_REQUIRE', module
   moduleCache[module] = metaToValue meta
 
+# Optimize require('electron').
+moduleCache.electron = exports
+
 # Alias to remote.require('electron').xxx.
 builtinCache = {}
 exports.getBuiltin = (module) ->