diff --git a/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js b/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js
index 2101852c4..d570ce551 100644
--- a/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js
+++ b/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ module.exports = function (packagedAppPath) {
         requiredModuleRelativePath.endsWith(path.join('node_modules', 'request', 'request.js')) ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'exports', 'atom.js') ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'src', 'electron-shims.js') ||
-        requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'src', 'safe-clipboard.js') ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', 'atom-keymap', 'lib', 'command-event.js') ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', 'babel-core', 'index.js') ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', 'cached-run-in-this-context', 'lib', 'main.js') ||
diff --git a/spec/spec-helper.coffee b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
index dcc3c6641..f4f1f3568 100644
--- a/spec/spec-helper.coffee
+++ b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FindParentDir = require 'find-parent-dir'
 TextEditor = require '../src/text-editor'
 TextEditorElement = require '../src/text-editor-element'
 TextMateLanguageMode = require '../src/text-mate-language-mode'
-clipboard = require '../src/safe-clipboard'
+{clipboard} = require 'electron'
 
 jasmineStyle = document.createElement('style')
 jasmineStyle.textContent = atom.themes.loadStylesheet(atom.themes.resolveStylesheet('../static/jasmine'))
diff --git a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
index eaa27a5c4..66274a99a 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
+++ b/spec/text-editor-component-spec.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const Grim = require('grim')
 const electron = require('electron')
-const clipboard = require('../src/safe-clipboard')
+const clipboard = electron.clipboard
 
 const SAMPLE_TEXT = fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'sample.js'), 'utf8')
 
diff --git a/spec/text-editor-spec.js b/spec/text-editor-spec.js
index c49e15a25..9041d3528 100644
--- a/spec/text-editor-spec.js
+++ b/spec/text-editor-spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const temp = require('temp').track()
 const dedent = require('dedent')
-const clipboard = require('../src/safe-clipboard')
+const {clipboard} = require('electron')
 const TextEditor = require('../src/text-editor')
 const TextBuffer = require('text-buffer')
 const TextMateLanguageMode = require('../src/text-mate-language-mode')
diff --git a/src/clipboard.js b/src/clipboard.js
index d36bb1018..eafc04d6f 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.js
+++ b/src/clipboard.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const crypto = require('crypto')
-const clipboard = require('./safe-clipboard')
+const {clipboard} = require('electron')
 
 // Extended: Represents the clipboard used for copying and pasting in Atom.
 //
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ const clipboard = require('./safe-clipboard')
 //
 // ## Examples
 //
-// ```coffee
+// ```js
 // atom.clipboard.write('hello')
 //
-// console.log(atom.clipboard.read()) # 'hello'
+// console.log(atom.clipboard.read()) // 'hello'
 // ```
 module.exports =
 class Clipboard {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Clipboard {
   // * `text` The {String} clipboard text.
   // * `metadata` The metadata stored by an earlier call to {::write}.
   readWithMetadata () {
-    let text = this.read()
+    const text = this.read()
     if (this.signatureForMetadata === this.md5(text)) {
       return {text, metadata: this.metadata}
     } else {
diff --git a/src/main-process/atom-application.js b/src/main-process/atom-application.js
index a9ff4f731..8a6d03733 100644
--- a/src/main-process/atom-application.js
+++ b/src/main-process/atom-application.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ const Config = require('../config')
 const ConfigFile = require('../config-file')
 const FileRecoveryService = require('./file-recovery-service')
 const ipcHelpers = require('../ipc-helpers')
-const {BrowserWindow, Menu, app, dialog, ipcMain, shell, screen} = require('electron')
+const {BrowserWindow, Menu, app, clipboard, dialog, ipcMain, shell, screen} = require('electron')
 const {CompositeDisposable, Disposable} = require('event-kit')
 const crypto = require('crypto')
 const fs = require('fs-plus')
@@ -583,7 +583,6 @@ class AtomApplication extends EventEmitter {
       win.temporaryState = state
     }))
 
-    const clipboard = require('../safe-clipboard')
     this.disposable.add(ipcHelpers.on(ipcMain, 'write-text-to-selection-clipboard', (event, text) =>
       clipboard.writeText(text, 'selection')
     ))
diff --git a/src/safe-clipboard.coffee b/src/safe-clipboard.coffee
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f91803e2..000000000
--- a/src/safe-clipboard.coffee
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# Using clipboard in renderer process is not safe on Linux.
-module.exports =
-  if process.platform is 'linux' and process.type is 'renderer'
-    require('electron').remote.clipboard
-  else
-    require('electron').clipboard
diff --git a/src/text-editor-component.js b/src/text-editor-component.js
index 452a220ca..ffb55c454 100644
--- a/src/text-editor-component.js
+++ b/src/text-editor-component.js
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ const {Point, Range} = require('text-buffer')
 const LineTopIndex = require('line-top-index')
 const TextEditor = require('./text-editor')
 const {isPairedCharacter} = require('./text-utils')
-const clipboard = require('./safe-clipboard')
 const electron = require('electron')
+const clipboard = electron.clipboard
 const $ = etch.dom
 
 let TextEditorElement