diff --git a/native/v8_extensions/native.mm b/native/v8_extensions/native.mm
index 8d7705a79..ee8ef0112 100644
--- a/native/v8_extensions/native.mm
+++ b/native/v8_extensions/native.mm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace v8_extensions {
     const char* methodNames[] = {
       "absolute", "writeToPasteboard", "readFromPasteboard", "quit",
       "watchPath", "unwatchPath", "getWatchedPaths", "unwatchAllPaths",
-      "moveToTrash", "reload", "md5ForPath", "getPlatform", "setWindowState",
+      "moveToTrash", "reload", "getPlatform", "setWindowState",
       "getWindowState", "isMisspelled", "getCorrectionsForMisspelling"
     };
 
@@ -159,23 +159,6 @@ namespace v8_extensions {
     else if (name == "reload") {
       CefV8Context::GetCurrentContext()->GetBrowser()->ReloadIgnoreCache();
     }
-    else if (name == "md5ForPath") {
-      NSString *path = stringFromCefV8Value(arguments[0]);
-      unsigned char outputData[CC_MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH];
-
-      NSData *inputData = [[NSData alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:path];
-      CC_MD5([inputData bytes], [inputData length], outputData);
-      [inputData release];
-
-      NSMutableString *hash = [[NSMutableString alloc] init];
-
-      for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < CC_MD5_DIGEST_LENGTH; i++) {
-        [hash appendFormat:@"%02x", outputData[i]];
-      }
-
-      retval = CefV8Value::CreateString([hash UTF8String]);
-      return true;
-    }
     else if (name == "getPlatform") {
       retval = CefV8Value::CreateString("mac");
       return true;
diff --git a/src/stdlib/require.coffee b/src/stdlib/require.coffee
index b4fa85ea1..c6cb7b38d 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/require.coffee
+++ b/src/stdlib/require.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 fs = nodeRequire 'fs'
+crypto = nodeRequire 'crypto'
 
 paths = [
   "#{window.resourcePath}/spec"
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ createCacheDirectory = ->
   fs.mkdirSync('/tmp/atom-compiled-scripts') unless __exists('/tmp/atom-compiled-scripts')
 
 getCacheFilePath = (path) ->
-  "/tmp/atom-compiled-scripts/#{$native.md5ForPath(path)}"
+  md5 = crypto.createHash('md5').update(fs.readFileSync(path)).digest('hex')
+  "/tmp/atom-compiled-scripts/#{md5}"
 
 resolve = (name, {verifyExistence}={}) ->
   verifyExistence ?= true