diff --git a/atom/browser/web_contents_preferences.cc b/atom/browser/web_contents_preferences.cc
index 8ad46aaf8425..fb28a79dd377 100644
--- a/atom/browser/web_contents_preferences.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/web_contents_preferences.cc
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ void WebContentsPreferences::AppendExtraCommandLineSwitches(
   }
 
   command_line->AppendSwitch(cc::switches::kEnableBeginFrameScheduling);
-  command_line->AppendSwitch(cc::switches::kShowFPSCounter);
 }
 
 // static