diff --git a/exports/jquery.coffee b/exports/jquery.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..309ce5fae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exports/jquery.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = require('./atom-api').$
diff --git a/src/atom-window.coffee b/src/atom-window.coffee
index 750a3de9e..7e74105d8 100644
--- a/src/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-window.coffee
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class AtomWindow
     paths = [
       'exports'
       'src'
-      'vendor'
       'node_modules'
     ]
     paths.push('spec') if @isSpec