diff --git a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
index 0ea97d86ba8..a3a6d555fe5 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 if process.platform is 'linux' and process.type is 'renderer'
-  {remote} = require 'electron'
   # On Linux we could not access clipboard in renderer process.
-  module.exports = remote.getBuiltin 'clipboard'
+  module.exports = require('electron').remote.clipboard
 else
   module.exports = process.atomBinding 'clipboard'
diff --git a/atom/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee b/atom/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee
index 0713da99dae..bd98ae2a427 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/api/lib/crash-reporter.coffee
@@ -16,11 +16,7 @@ class CrashReporter
       submitURL ?= options.submitUrl
       deprecate.warn 'submitUrl', 'submitURL'
 
-    {app} =
-      if process.type is 'browser'
-        electron
-      else
-        electron.remote.require 'electron'
+    {app} = if process.type is 'browser' then electron else electron.remote
 
     @productName ?= app.getName()
     companyName ?= 'GitHub, Inc'
diff --git a/atom/renderer/api/lib/screen.coffee b/atom/renderer/api/lib/screen.coffee
index b70aa55b570..9eecd49dc5b 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/api/lib/screen.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/api/lib/screen.coffee
@@ -1 +1 @@
-module.exports = require('electron').remote.require('electron').screen
+module.exports = require('electron').remote.screen
diff --git a/atom/renderer/lib/inspector.coffee b/atom/renderer/lib/inspector.coffee
index 34c6876fc27..d5ddfd72e48 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/lib/inspector.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/lib/inspector.coffee
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ convertToMenuTemplate = (items) ->
 
 createMenu = (x, y, items, document) ->
   {remote} = require 'electron'
-  {Menu} = remote.require 'electron'
+  {Menu} = remote
 
   menu = Menu.buildFromTemplate convertToMenuTemplate(items)
   # The menu is expected to show asynchronously.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ createMenu = (x, y, items, document) ->
 
 showFileChooserDialog = (callback) ->
   {remote} = require 'electron'
-  {dialog} = remote.require 'electron'
+  {dialog} = remote
   files = dialog.showOpenDialog {}
   callback pathToHtml5FileObject files[0] if files?
 
diff --git a/atom/renderer/lib/override.coffee b/atom/renderer/lib/override.coffee
index a3a2f9ac62d..0b60ce0d668 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/lib/override.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/lib/override.coffee
@@ -67,19 +67,17 @@ window.open = (url, frameName='', features='') ->
 
 # Use the dialog API to implement alert().
 window.alert = (message, title='') ->
-  dialog = remote.require 'dialog'
   buttons = ['OK']
   message = message.toString()
-  dialog.showMessageBox remote.getCurrentWindow(), {message, title, buttons}
+  remote.dialog.showMessageBox remote.getCurrentWindow(), {message, title, buttons}
   # Alert should always return undefined.
   return
 
 # And the confirm().
 window.confirm = (message, title='') ->
-  dialog = remote.require 'dialog'
   buttons = ['OK', 'Cancel']
   cancelId = 1
-  not dialog.showMessageBox remote.getCurrentWindow(), {message, title, buttons, cancelId}
+  not remote.dialog.showMessageBox remote.getCurrentWindow(), {message, title, buttons, cancelId}
 
 # But we do not support prompt().
 window.prompt = ->