diff --git a/src/browser/auto-update-manager.coffee b/src/browser/auto-update-manager.coffee
index 828af310d..55a249a9f 100644
--- a/src/browser/auto-update-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/auto-update-manager.coffee
@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ class AutoUpdateManager
     process.nextTick => @setupAutoUpdater()
 
   setupAutoUpdater: ->
-    autoUpdater = require 'auto-updater'
-
     if process.platform is 'win32'
-      autoUpdater.checkForUpdates = => @checkForUpdatesShim()
+      autoUpdater = require 'auto-updater-win32'
+    else
+      autoUpdater = require 'auto-updater'
 
     autoUpdater.setFeedUrl @feedUrl
 
@@ -48,24 +48,6 @@ class AutoUpdateManager
     unless /\w{7}/.test(@version)
       @check(hidePopups: true)
 
-  # Windows doesn't have an auto-updater, so use this method to shim the events.
-  checkForUpdatesShim: ->
-    autoUpdater.emit 'checking-for-update'
-
-    https = require 'https'
-    request = https.get @feedUrl, (response) ->
-      if response.statusCode == 200
-        body = ""
-        response.on 'data', (chunk) -> body += chunk
-        response.on 'end', ->
-          {notes, name} = JSON.parse(body)
-          autoUpdater.emit 'update-downloaded', null, notes, name
-      else
-        autoUpdater.emit 'update-not-available'
-
-    request.on 'error', (error) ->
-      autoUpdater.emit 'error', null, error.message
-
   emitUpdateAvailableEvent: (windows...) ->
     return unless @releaseVersion? and @releaseNotes
     for atomWindow in windows
diff --git a/src/browser/auto-updater-win32.coffee b/src/browser/auto-updater-win32.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..83072a86a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/browser/auto-updater-win32.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+_ = require 'underscore-plus'
+{EventEmitter} = require 'events'
+
+module.exports =
+class AutoUpdater
+  _.extend @prototype, EventEmitter.prototype
+
+  setFeedUrl: ->
+    console.log 'setFeedUrl'
+
+  quitAndInstall: ->
+    console.log 'quitAndInstall'
+
+  checkForUpdates: ->
+    console.log 'checkForUpdates'