diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc
index 5655d4fe1d0f..f6eed1e17965 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include "atom/common/chrome_version.h"
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/string16_converter.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
-#include "native_mate/callback.h"
+#include "base/debug/debugger.h"
 #include "native_mate/dictionary.h"
 
 #include "atom/common/node_includes.h"
@@ -20,22 +20,8 @@ namespace atom {
 
 namespace {
 
-// Async handle to execute the stored v8 callback.
-uv_async_t g_callback_uv_handle;
-
-// Stored v8 callback, to be called by the async handler.
-base::Closure g_v8_callback;
-
-// Dummy class type that used for crashing the program.
-struct DummyClass { bool crash; };
-
-// Async handler to execute the stored v8 callback.
-void UvOnCallback(uv_async_t* handle) {
-  g_v8_callback.Run();
-}
-
 void Crash() {
-  static_cast<DummyClass*>(NULL)->crash = true;
+  base::debug::BreakDebugger();
 }
 
 // Called when there is a fatal error in V8, we just crash the process here so
@@ -49,19 +35,12 @@ void Log(const base::string16& message) {
   logging::LogMessage("CONSOLE", 0, 0).stream() << message;
 }
 
-void ScheduleCallback(const base::Closure& callback) {
-  g_v8_callback = callback;
-  uv_async_send(&g_callback_uv_handle);
-}
-
 }  // namespace
 
 
 AtomBindings::AtomBindings() {
   uv_async_init(uv_default_loop(), &call_next_tick_async_, OnCallNextTick);
   call_next_tick_async_.data = this;
-
-  uv_async_init(uv_default_loop(), &g_callback_uv_handle, UvOnCallback);
 }
 
 AtomBindings::~AtomBindings() {
@@ -74,16 +53,13 @@ void AtomBindings::BindTo(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   mate::Dictionary dict(isolate, process);
   dict.SetMethod("crash", &Crash);
   dict.SetMethod("log", &Log);
-  dict.SetMethod("scheduleCallback", &ScheduleCallback);
   dict.SetMethod("activateUvLoop",
       base::Bind(&AtomBindings::ActivateUVLoop, base::Unretained(this)));
 
-  v8::Handle<v8::Object> versions;
+  mate::Dictionary versions;
   if (dict.Get("versions", &versions)) {
-    versions->Set(mate::StringToV8(isolate, "atom-shell"),
-                  mate::StringToV8(isolate, ATOM_VERSION_STRING));
-    versions->Set(mate::StringToV8(isolate, "chrome"),
-                  mate::StringToV8(isolate, CHROME_VERSION_STRING));
+    versions.Set("atom-shell", ATOM_VERSION_STRING);
+    versions.Set("chrome", CHROME_VERSION_STRING);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/spec/node-spec.coffee b/spec/node-spec.coffee
index 89944683cbdd..82503bab7c19 100644
--- a/spec/node-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/node-spec.coffee
@@ -54,11 +54,6 @@ describe 'node feature', ->
         fs.readFile __filename, ->
           setTimeout done, 0
 
-    describe 'setTimeout in pure uv callback', ->
-      it 'does not crash', (done) ->
-        process.scheduleCallback ->
-          setTimeout done, 0
-
     describe 'throw error in node context', ->
       it 'gets caught', (done) ->
         error = new Error('boo!')