diff --git a/filenames.gni b/filenames.gni
index 7f309a0e3c38..6864819a53b9 100644
--- a/filenames.gni
+++ b/filenames.gni
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ filenames = {
     "lib/browser/api/menu-utils.js",
     "lib/browser/api/menu.js",
     "lib/browser/api/module-list.js",
-    "lib/browser/api/navigation-controller.js",
     "lib/browser/api/net.js",
     "lib/browser/api/net-log.js",
     "lib/browser/api/notification.js",
@@ -45,6 +44,7 @@ filenames = {
     "lib/browser/guest-window-manager.js",
     "lib/browser/init.js",
     "lib/browser/ipc-main-internal.js",
+    "lib/browser/navigation-controller.js",
     "lib/browser/objects-registry.js",
     "lib/browser/rpc-server.js",
     "lib/common/api/clipboard.js",
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/module-list.js b/lib/browser/api/module-list.js
index d411a73dec3b..85471663f128 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/module-list.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/module-list.js
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ module.exports = [
   { name: 'Tray', file: 'tray' },
   { name: 'View', file: 'view' },
   { name: 'webContents', file: 'web-contents' },
-  { name: 'WebContentsView', file: 'web-contents-view' },
-  // The internal modules, invisible unless you know their names.
-  { name: 'NavigationController', file: 'navigation-controller', private: true }
+  { name: 'WebContentsView', file: 'web-contents-view' }
 ]
 
 if (features.isViewApiEnabled()) {
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
index 49094bd4369e..2d05b390cf17 100644
--- a/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
+++ b/lib/browser/api/web-contents.js
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ const { EventEmitter } = require('events')
 const electron = require('electron')
 const path = require('path')
 const url = require('url')
-const { app, ipcMain, session, NavigationController, deprecate } = electron
+const { app, ipcMain, session, deprecate } = electron
 
+const NavigationController = require('@electron/internal/browser/navigation-controller')
 const ipcMainInternal = require('@electron/internal/browser/ipc-main-internal')
 const errorUtils = require('@electron/internal/common/error-utils')
 
diff --git a/lib/browser/api/navigation-controller.js b/lib/browser/navigation-controller.js
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/browser/api/navigation-controller.js
rename to lib/browser/navigation-controller.js