diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 4e9315c6cb3c..6ba23b3c9afc 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -468,7 +468,6 @@ void WebContents::AddNewContents(content::WebContents* source,
   if (Emit("-add-new-contents", api_web_contents, disposition, user_gesture,
       initial_rect.x(), initial_rect.y(), initial_rect.width(),
       initial_rect.height())) {
-    AtomBrowserClient::CancelReuseRendererProcessForNewWindow();
     api_web_contents->DestroyWebContents();
   }
 }
diff --git a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
index 10cf4f959731..d06f27b9c27d 100644
--- a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.cc
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ namespace {
 // Next navigation should not restart renderer process.
 bool g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = false;
 
-// Next navigation is caused by native window.open and
-// the renderer process may be reused.
-bool g_reuse_renderer_process_for_new_window = false;
-
 // Custom schemes to be registered to handle service worker.
 std::string g_custom_service_worker_schemes = "";
 
@@ -68,10 +64,6 @@ void AtomBrowserClient::SuppressRendererProcessRestartForOnce() {
   g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = true;
 }
 
-void AtomBrowserClient::CancelReuseRendererProcessForNewWindow() {
-  g_reuse_renderer_process_for_new_window = false;
-}
-
 void AtomBrowserClient::SetCustomServiceWorkerSchemes(
     const std::vector<std::string>& schemes) {
   g_custom_service_worker_schemes = base::JoinString(schemes, ",");
@@ -98,22 +90,16 @@ bool AtomBrowserClient::ShouldCreateNewSiteInstance(
     content::BrowserContext* browser_context,
     content::SiteInstance* current_instance,
     const GURL& url) {
-  if (g_suppress_renderer_process_restart) {
-    g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = false;
-    return false;
-  }
+
   if (url.SchemeIs(url::kJavaScriptScheme))
     // "javacript:" scheme should always use same SiteInstance
     return false;
 
   int process_id = current_instance->GetProcess()->GetID();
-  if (g_reuse_renderer_process_for_new_window) {
-    // native window.open can reuse renderer process
-    g_reuse_renderer_process_for_new_window = false;
-  } else if (!IsRendererSandboxed(process_id)) {
+  if (!(IsRendererSandboxed(process_id)
+      || RendererUsesNativeWindowOpen(process_id)))
     // non-sandboxed renderers should always create a new SiteInstance
     return true;
-  }
 
   // Create new a SiteInstance if navigating to a different site.
   auto src_url = current_instance->GetSiteURL();
@@ -202,6 +188,11 @@ void AtomBrowserClient::OverrideSiteInstanceForNavigation(
     content::SiteInstance* current_instance,
     const GURL& url,
     content::SiteInstance** new_instance) {
+  if (g_suppress_renderer_process_restart) {
+    g_suppress_renderer_process_restart = false;
+    return;
+  }
+
   if (!ShouldCreateNewSiteInstance(browser_context, current_instance, url))
     return;
 
@@ -331,12 +322,8 @@ bool AtomBrowserClient::CanCreateWindow(
     bool* no_javascript_access) {
   DCHECK_CURRENTLY_ON(content::BrowserThread::IO);
 
-  if (IsRendererSandboxed(render_process_id)) {
-    *no_javascript_access = false;
-    return true;
-  }
-  if (RendererUsesNativeWindowOpen(render_process_id)) {
-    g_reuse_renderer_process_for_new_window = true;
+  if (IsRendererSandboxed(render_process_id)
+      || RendererUsesNativeWindowOpen(render_process_id)) {
     *no_javascript_access = false;
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h
index d3029073cb06..f60e72bc6125 100644
--- a/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h
+++ b/atom/browser/atom_browser_client.h
@@ -40,8 +40,6 @@ class AtomBrowserClient : public brightray::BrowserClient,
 
   // Don't force renderer process to restart for once.
   static void SuppressRendererProcessRestartForOnce();
-  // Cancel reusing renderer process for new window.
-  static void CancelReuseRendererProcessForNewWindow();
 
   // Custom schemes to be registered to handle service worker.
   static void SetCustomServiceWorkerSchemes(