diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index e87219d3710e..85b0e3d8a85c 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -249,9 +249,7 @@ void WebContents::ExitFullscreenModeForTab(content::WebContents* source) {
 }
 
 void WebContents::RenderViewDeleted(content::RenderViewHost* render_view_host) {
-  Emit("render-view-deleted",
-       render_view_host->GetProcess()->GetID(),
-       render_view_host->GetRoutingID());
+  Emit("render-view-deleted", render_view_host->GetProcess()->GetID());
 }
 
 void WebContents::RenderProcessGone(base::TerminationStatus status) {
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index 64aaf2bd415c..b635ab2a5f26 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ wrapWebContents = (webContents) ->
 
   # Tell the rpc server that a render view has been deleted and we need to
   # release all objects owned by it.
-  webContents.on 'render-view-deleted', (event, processId, routingId) ->
-    process.emit 'ATOM_BROWSER_RELEASE_RENDER_VIEW', "#{processId}-#{routingId}"
+  webContents.on 'render-view-deleted', (event, processId) ->
+    process.emit 'ATOM_BROWSER_RELEASE_RENDER_VIEW', processId
 
   # Dispatch IPC messages to the ipc module.
   webContents.on 'ipc-message', (event, packed) ->