diff --git a/lib/browser/api/app.js b/lib/browser/api/app.js
index 1a989dc35861..6ddac05efa99 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/app.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/app.js
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 const {Menu} = require('electron')
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 
-// Initialize session
-require('electron').session
-
 const bindings = process.atomBinding('app')
 const downloadItemBindings = process.atomBinding('download_item')
 const app = bindings.app
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/session.js b/lib/browser/api/session.js
index 47e00bd0462f..9c42f3645603 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/session.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/session.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const bindings = process.atomBinding('session')
 const PERSIST_PREFIX = 'persist:'
 
@@ -24,10 +23,3 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, 'defaultSession', {
     return bindings.fromPartition('', false)
   }
 })
-
-var wrapSession = function (session) {
-  // session is an EventEmitter.
-  Object.setPrototypeOf(session, EventEmitter.prototype)
-}
-
-bindings._setWrapSession(wrapSession)
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 0ccb51b19b09..c706954b64bd 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const Menu = require('electron').Menu
 
 const binding = process.atomBinding('web_contents')
 const debuggerBinding = process.atomBinding('debugger')
+const sessionBinding = process.atomBinding('session')
 
 let nextId = 0
 
@@ -211,8 +212,14 @@ let wrapDebugger = function (webContentsDebugger) {
   Object.setPrototypeOf(webContentsDebugger, EventEmitter.prototype)
 }
 
+var wrapSession = function (session) {
+  // session is an EventEmitter.
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(session, EventEmitter.prototype)
+}
+
 binding._setWrapWebContents(wrapWebContents)
 debuggerBinding._setWrapDebugger(wrapDebugger)
+sessionBinding._setWrapSession(wrapSession)
 
 module.exports.create = function (options) {
   if (options == null) {