diff --git a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
index a957eb390d3d..3694acd119c9 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/browser-window.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 const electron = require('electron')
 const { WebContentsView, TopLevelWindow } = electron
 const { BrowserWindow } = process.atomBinding('window')
-const ipcMain = require('@electron/internal/browser/ipc-main-internal')
 
 Object.setPrototypeOf(BrowserWindow.prototype, TopLevelWindow.prototype)
 
@@ -26,43 +25,6 @@ BrowserWindow.prototype._init = function () {
     nativeSetBounds.call(this, bounds, ...opts)
   }
 
-  // Make new windows requested by links behave like "window.open"
-  this.webContents.on('-new-window', (event, url, frameName, disposition,
-    additionalFeatures, postData,
-    referrer) => {
-    const options = {
-      show: true,
-      width: 800,
-      height: 600
-    }
-    ipcMain.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
-      event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition,
-      options, additionalFeatures, postData)
-  })
-
-  // Create a new browser window for the native implementation of
-  // "window.open", used in sandbox and nativeWindowOpen mode
-  this.webContents.on('-add-new-contents', (event, webContents, disposition,
-    userGesture, left, top, width, height, url, frameName) => {
-    if ((disposition !== 'foreground-tab' && disposition !== 'new-window' &&
-         disposition !== 'background-tab')) {
-      event.preventDefault()
-      return
-    }
-
-    const options = {
-      show: true,
-      x: left,
-      y: top,
-      width: width || 800,
-      height: height || 600,
-      webContents: webContents
-    }
-    const referrer = { url: '', policy: 'default' }
-    ipcMain.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
-      event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition, options)
-  })
-
   // window.resizeTo(...)
   // window.moveTo(...)
   this.webContents.on('move', (event, size) => {
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 1fdb177cb4f8..e94c2ac2d9d9 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -376,6 +376,46 @@ WebContents.prototype._init = function () {
     this.reload()
   })
 
+  // Handle window.open for BrowserWindow and BrowserView.
+  if (['browserview', 'window'].includes(this.getType())) {
+    // Make new windows requested by links behave like "window.open".
+    this.on('-new-window', (event, url, frameName, disposition,
+      additionalFeatures, postData,
+      referrer) => {
+      const options = {
+        show: true,
+        width: 800,
+        height: 600
+      }
+      ipcMainInternal.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
+        event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition,
+        options, additionalFeatures, postData)
+    })
+
+    // Create a new browser window for the native implementation of
+    // "window.open", used in sandbox and nativeWindowOpen mode.
+    this.on('-add-new-contents', (event, webContents, disposition,
+      userGesture, left, top, width, height, url, frameName) => {
+      if ((disposition !== 'foreground-tab' && disposition !== 'new-window' &&
+           disposition !== 'background-tab')) {
+        event.preventDefault()
+        return
+      }
+
+      const options = {
+        show: true,
+        x: left,
+        y: top,
+        width: width || 800,
+        height: height || 600,
+        webContents
+      }
+      const referrer = { url: '', policy: 'default' }
+      ipcMainInternal.emit('ELECTRON_GUEST_WINDOW_MANAGER_INTERNAL_WINDOW_OPEN',
+        event, url, referrer, frameName, disposition, options)
+    })
+  }
+
   app.emit('web-contents-created', {}, this)
 }