diff --git a/atom.gyp b/atom.gyp
index b4caea84d89c..990924509b05 100644
--- a/atom.gyp
+++ b/atom.gyp
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@
       'atom/common/api/api_messages.cc',
       'atom/common/api/api_messages.h',
       'atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc',
-      'atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.h',
       'atom/common/api/atom_api_crash_reporter.cc',
       'atom/common/api/atom_api_crash_reporter.h',
       'atom/common/api/atom_api_event_emitter.cc',
diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
index a48ec9687ae5..d41e0ff8859b 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.cc
@@ -2,64 +2,40 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.h"
-
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
-#include "atom/common/v8/native_type_conversions.h"
+#include "native_mate/object_template_builder.h"
 #include "ui/base/clipboard/clipboard.h"
 
 #include "atom/common/v8/node_common.h"
 
-namespace atom {
-
-namespace api {
-
-// static
-void Clipboard::Has(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
-  std::string format_string;
-  if (!FromV8Arguments(args, &format_string))
-    return node::ThrowTypeError("Bad argument");
+namespace {
 
+bool Has(const std::string& format_string) {
   ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
   ui::Clipboard::FormatType format(ui::Clipboard::GetFormatType(format_string));
-
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(
-      clipboard->IsFormatAvailable(format, ui::Clipboard::BUFFER_STANDARD));
+  return clipboard->IsFormatAvailable(format, ui::Clipboard::BUFFER_STANDARD);
 }
 
-// static
-void Clipboard::Read(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
-  std::string format_string;
-  if (!FromV8Arguments(args, &format_string))
-    return node::ThrowTypeError("Bad argument");
-
+std::string Read(const std::string& format_string) {
   ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
   ui::Clipboard::FormatType format(ui::Clipboard::GetFormatType(format_string));
 
   std::string data;
   clipboard->ReadData(format, &data);
-
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(ToV8Value(data));
+  return data;
 }
 
-// static
-void Clipboard::ReadText(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
+std::string ReadText() {
   ui::Clipboard* clipboard = ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread();
 
   std::string data;
   clipboard->ReadAsciiText(ui::Clipboard::BUFFER_STANDARD, &data);
-
-  args.GetReturnValue().Set(ToV8Value(data));
+  return data;
 }
 
-// static
-void Clipboard::WriteText(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
-  std::string text;
-  if (!FromV8Arguments(args, &text))
-    return node::ThrowTypeError("Bad argument");
-
+void WriteText(const std::string text) {
   ui::Clipboard::ObjectMap object_map;
   object_map[ui::Clipboard::CBF_TEXT].push_back(
       std::vector<char>(text.begin(), text.end()));
@@ -68,22 +44,20 @@ void Clipboard::WriteText(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
   clipboard->WriteObjects(ui::Clipboard::BUFFER_STANDARD, object_map);
 }
 
-// static
-void Clipboard::Clear(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args) {
+void Clear() {
   ui::Clipboard::GetForCurrentThread()->Clear(ui::Clipboard::BUFFER_STANDARD);
 }
 
-// static
-void Clipboard::Initialize(v8::Handle<v8::Object> target) {
-  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "has", Has);
-  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "read", Read);
-  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "readText", ReadText);
-  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "writeText", WriteText);
-  NODE_SET_METHOD(target, "clear", Clear);
+void Initialize(v8::Handle<v8::Object> exports) {
+  mate::ObjectTemplateBuilder builder(v8::Isolate::GetCurrent());
+  builder.SetMethod("has", &Has)
+         .SetMethod("read", &Read)
+         .SetMethod("readText", &ReadText)
+         .SetMethod("writeText", &WriteText)
+         .SetMethod("clear", &Clear);
+  exports->SetPrototype(builder.Build()->NewInstance());
 }
 
-}  // namespace api
+}  // namespace
 
-}  // namespace atom
-
-NODE_MODULE(atom_common_clipboard, atom::api::Clipboard::Initialize)
+NODE_MODULE(atom_common_clipboard, Initialize)
diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.h b/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 70360d28ad25..000000000000
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_clipboard.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2013 GitHub, Inc. All rights reserved.
-// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-// found in the LICENSE file.
-
-#ifndef ATOM_COMMON_API_ATOM_API_CLIPBOARD_H_
-#define ATOM_COMMON_API_ATOM_API_CLIPBOARD_H_
-
-#include "base/basictypes.h"
-#include "v8/include/v8.h"
-
-namespace atom {
-
-namespace api {
-
-class Clipboard {
- public:
-  static void Initialize(v8::Handle<v8::Object> target);
-
- private:
-  static void Has(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
-  static void Read(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
-  static void ReadText(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
-  static void WriteText(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
-  static void Clear(const v8::FunctionCallbackInfo<v8::Value>& args);
-
-  DISALLOW_IMPLICIT_CONSTRUCTORS(Clipboard);
-};
-
-}  // namespace api
-
-}  // namespace atom
-
-#endif  // ATOM_COMMON_API_ATOM_API_CLIPBOARD_H_
diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_api_shell.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_api_shell.cc
index 222e086c8335..a58bc74aaa8c 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_api_shell.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_api_shell.cc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
-#include "atom/common/api/atom_api_shell.h"
-
 #include <string>
 
 #include "atom/common/platform_util.h"