diff --git a/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view-impl.ts b/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view-impl.ts
index f3cad3353453..cef62fd2c769 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view-impl.ts
+++ b/lib/renderer/web-view/web-view-impl.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ export class WebViewImpl {
   public guestInstanceId?: number
   public hasFocus = false
   public internalInstanceId?: number;
-  public resizeObserver?: ResizeObserver;
   public viewInstanceId: number
 
   // on* Event handlers.
@@ -103,14 +102,6 @@ export class WebViewImpl {
     this.attributes.get(attributeName)!.handleMutation(oldValue, newValue);
   }
 
-  onElementResize () {
-    const props = {
-      newWidth: this.webviewNode.clientWidth,
-      newHeight: this.webviewNode.clientHeight
-    };
-    this.dispatchEvent('resize', props);
-  }
-
   createGuest () {
     this.internalInstanceId = getNextId();
     this.hooks.guestViewInternal.createGuest(this.internalElement, this.internalInstanceId, this.buildParams())
@@ -203,10 +194,6 @@ export class WebViewImpl {
     }
 
     this.guestInstanceId = guestInstanceId;
-    // TODO(zcbenz): Should we deprecate the "resize" event? Wait, it is not
-    // even documented.
-    this.resizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(this.onElementResize.bind(this));
-    this.resizeObserver.observe(this.internalElement);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/spec/webview-spec.ts b/spec/webview-spec.ts
index 9bda6215bdcd..2a30247057da 100644
--- a/spec/webview-spec.ts
+++ b/spec/webview-spec.ts
@@ -1957,36 +1957,6 @@ describe('<webview> tag', function () {
         ['with sandbox', true] as const
       ]) {
         describe(description, () => {
-          it('emits resize events', async () => {
-            await loadWebViewAndWaitForEvent(w, {
-              src: `file://${fixtures}/pages/a.html`,
-              webpreferences: `sandbox=${sandbox ? 'yes' : 'no'}`
-            }, 'dom-ready');
-
-            const firstResizeSignal = w.executeJavaScript(`new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-              webview.addEventListener('resize', (e) => resolve({...e}), {once: true})
-            })`);
-
-            const insertedCSS = await w.insertCSS('webview { width: 100px; height: 10px; }');
-
-            const firstResizeEvent = await firstResizeSignal;
-            expect(firstResizeEvent.newWidth).to.equal(100);
-            expect(firstResizeEvent.newHeight).to.equal(10);
-
-            await w.removeInsertedCSS(insertedCSS);
-
-            const secondResizeSignal = w.executeJavaScript(`new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-              webview.addEventListener('resize', (e) => resolve({...e}), {once: true})
-            })`);
-
-            const newWidth = 1234;
-            const newHeight = 789;
-            await w.insertCSS(`webview { width: ${newWidth}px; height: ${newHeight}px; }`);
-            const secondResizeEvent = await secondResizeSignal;
-            expect(secondResizeEvent.newWidth).to.equal(newWidth);
-            expect(secondResizeEvent.newHeight).to.equal(newHeight);
-          });
-
           it('emits focus event', async () => {
             await loadWebViewAndWaitForEvent(w, {
               src: `file://${fixtures}/pages/a.html`,