diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
index b70b5033912d..3eeffa7099aa 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -1226,18 +1226,6 @@ void WebContents::MessageHost(const std::string& channel,
                  InvokeCallback(), channel, std::move(arguments));
 }
 
-#if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_REMOTE_MODULE)
-void WebContents::DereferenceRemoteJSObject(const std::string& context_id,
-                                            int object_id) {
-  base::ListValue args;
-  args.Append(context_id);
-  args.Append(object_id);
-  EmitWithSender("-ipc-message", bindings_.dispatch_context(), InvokeCallback(),
-                 /* internal */ true, "ELECTRON_BROWSER_DEREFERENCE",
-                 std::move(args));
-}
-#endif
-
 void WebContents::UpdateDraggableRegions(
     std::vector<mojom::DraggableRegionPtr> regions) {
   for (ExtendedWebContentsObserver& observer : observers_)
diff --git a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h
index 5e1940378439..e150cd4e1656 100644
--- a/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h
+++ b/shell/browser/api/electron_api_web_contents.h
@@ -597,10 +597,6 @@ class WebContents : public gin_helper::TrackableObject<WebContents>,
                  blink::CloneableMessage arguments) override;
   void MessageHost(const std::string& channel,
                    blink::CloneableMessage arguments) override;
-#if BUILDFLAG(ENABLE_REMOTE_MODULE)
-  void DereferenceRemoteJSObject(const std::string& context_id,
-                                 int object_id) override;
-#endif
   void UpdateDraggableRegions(
       std::vector<mojom::DraggableRegionPtr> regions) override;
   void SetTemporaryZoomLevel(double level) override;
diff --git a/shell/common/api/api.mojom b/shell/common/api/api.mojom
index 320eedbc0aa2..ff5dc1bdfdbb 100644
--- a/shell/common/api/api.mojom
+++ b/shell/common/api/api.mojom
@@ -72,13 +72,6 @@ interface ElectronBrowser {
     string channel,
     blink.mojom.CloneableMessage arguments);
 
-  // This is an API specific to the "remote" module, and will ultimately be
-  // replaced by generic IPC once WeakRef is generally available.
-  [EnableIf=enable_remote_module]
-  DereferenceRemoteJSObject(
-    string context_id,
-    int32 object_id);
-
   UpdateDraggableRegions(
     array<DraggableRegion> regions);