diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 049e501b3..7b9676bd9 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ class Editor extends View
       'core:select-to-top': @selectToTop
       'core:select-to-bottom': @selectToBottom
       'core:select-all': @selectAll
-      'backspace': @backspace
-      'delete': @delete
+      'core:backspace': @backspace
+      'core:delete': @delete
       'undo': @undo
       'redo': @redo
       'cut': @cutSelection
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/atom.coffee b/src/app/keymaps/atom.coffee
index 71ecac8af..63d847286 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/atom.coffee
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys 'body'
   'shift-left': 'core:select-left'
   'shift-right': 'core:select-right'
   'meta-a': 'core:select-all'
+  'backspace': 'core:backspace'
+  'shift-backspace': 'core:backspace'
+  'delete': 'core:delete'
   pageup: 'core:page-up'
   pagedown: 'core:page-down'
   'meta-S': 'save-all'
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee b/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee
index d28eba19a..ce6e17584 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/editor.coffee
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor',
   'enter': 'newline'
   'meta-enter': 'newline-below'
   'tab': 'indent'
-  'backspace': 'backspace'
-  'shift-backspace': 'backspace'
-  'delete': 'delete'
   'meta-d': 'delete-line'
   'meta-x': 'cut'
   'meta-c': 'copy'
diff --git a/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee b/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee
index e8018caeb..944d4698f 100644
--- a/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee
+++ b/src/app/keymaps/emacs.coffee
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys 'body',
   'ctrl-N': 'core:select-down'
   'ctrl-F': 'core:select-right'
   'ctrl-B': 'core:select-left'
+  'ctrl-h': 'core:backspace'
+  'ctrl-d': 'core:delete'
 
 window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor',
   'alt-f': 'move-to-end-of-word'
@@ -15,8 +17,6 @@ window.keymap.bindKeys '.editor',
   'alt-B': 'select-to-beginning-of-word'
   'ctrl-a': 'move-to-first-character-of-line'
   'ctrl-e': 'move-to-end-of-line'
-  'ctrl-h': 'backspace'
-  'ctrl-d': 'delete'
   'alt-h': 'backspace-to-beginning-of-word'
   'alt-d': 'delete-to-end-of-word'
   'ctrl-k': 'cut-to-end-of-line'