diff --git a/lib/browser/api/app.js b/lib/browser/api/app.js
index ac2cf6084146..c2e2899e77c7 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/app.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/app.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const bindings = process.atomBinding('app')
 const downloadItemBindings = process.atomBinding('download_item')
 const app = bindings.app
 
-app.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(app, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 app.setApplicationMenu = function (menu) {
   return Menu.setApplicationMenu(menu)
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ deprecate.event(app, 'select-certificate', 'select-client-certificate')
 // Wrappers for native classes.
 var wrapDownloadItem = function (downloadItem) {
   // downloadItem is an EventEmitter.
-  downloadItem.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(downloadItem, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
   // Deprecated.
   deprecate.property(downloadItem, 'url', 'getURL')
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js b/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js
index 86a1e63503cc..1fff05dbd65c 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/auto-updater/auto-updater-native.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const autoUpdater = process.atomBinding('auto_updater').autoUpdater
 
-autoUpdater.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(autoUpdater, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 module.exports = autoUpdater
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
index d29f4c743141..a00fef3b4536 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const deprecate = require('electron').deprecate
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const {BrowserWindow, _setDeprecatedOptionsCheck} = process.atomBinding('window')
 
-BrowserWindow.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(BrowserWindow.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function () {
   // avoid recursive require.
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/menu.js b/lib/browser/api/menu.js
index 892f7a250fc9..e05637e79e7d 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/menu.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/menu.js
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ var indexToInsertByPosition = function (items, position) {
 
 const Menu = bindings.Menu
 
-Menu.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Menu.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 Menu.prototype._init = function () {
   this.commandsMap = {}
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js b/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js
index e09a36e6608f..02afeb5ba111 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/power-monitor.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const powerMonitor = process.atomBinding('power_monitor').powerMonitor
 
-powerMonitor.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(powerMonitor, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 module.exports = powerMonitor
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/screen.js b/lib/browser/api/screen.js
index 42f6ad1a51ad..9326ace2c4f1 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/screen.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/screen.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const screen = process.atomBinding('screen').screen
 
-screen.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(screen, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 module.exports = screen
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/session.js b/lib/browser/api/session.js
index f0ff786cf2bd..47e00bd0462f 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/session.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/session.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, 'defaultSession', {
 
 var wrapSession = function (session) {
   // session is an EventEmitter.
-  session.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(session, EventEmitter.prototype)
 }
 
 bindings._setWrapSession(wrapSession)
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/tray.js b/lib/browser/api/tray.js
index 293825200e48..ce67dbe117a2 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/tray.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/tray.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ const deprecate = require('electron').deprecate
 const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const Tray = process.atomBinding('tray').Tray
 
-Tray.prototype.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(Tray.prototype, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 Tray.prototype._init = function () {
   // Deprecated.
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 60c159467ff9..ef3d703dee7f 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ const webFrameMethods = [
 let wrapWebContents = function (webContents) {
   // webContents is an EventEmitter.
   var controller, method, name, ref1
-  webContents.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(webContents, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
   // Every remote callback from renderer process would add a listenter to the
   // render-view-deleted event, so ignore the listenters warning.
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ let wrapWebContents = function (webContents) {
 // Wrapper for native class.
 let wrapDebugger = function (webContentsDebugger) {
   // debugger is an EventEmitter.
-  webContentsDebugger.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(webContentsDebugger, EventEmitter.prototype)
 }
 
 binding._setWrapWebContents(wrapWebContents)
diff --git a/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js b/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js
index 7f48f1eabbd1..4a152d4f3646 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/api/web-frame.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
 const webFrame = process.atomBinding('web_frame').webFrame
 
 // webFrame is an EventEmitter.
-webFrame.__proto__ = EventEmitter.prototype
+Object.setPrototypeOf(webFrame, EventEmitter.prototype)
 
 // Lots of webview would subscribe to webFrame's events.
 webFrame.setMaxListeners(0)