diff --git a/lib/common/asar.js b/lib/common/asar.js
index d0c76c0e5ec..1dc74aa9ecd 100644
--- a/lib/common/asar.js
+++ b/lib/common/asar.js
@@ -292,20 +292,6 @@
       process.nextTick(() => fs.lstat(pathArgument, callback))
     }
 
-    const { statSyncNoException } = fs
-    fs.statSyncNoException = pathArgument => {
-      const { isAsar, asarPath, filePath } = splitPath(pathArgument)
-      if (!isAsar) return statSyncNoException(pathArgument)
-
-      const archive = getOrCreateArchive(asarPath)
-      if (!archive) return false
-
-      const stats = archive.stat(filePath)
-      if (!stats) return false
-
-      return asarStatsToFsStats(stats)
-    }
-
     const { realpathSync } = fs
     fs.realpathSync = function (pathArgument) {
       const { isAsar, asarPath, filePath } = splitPath(pathArgument)