diff --git a/src/browser/main.coffee b/src/browser/main.coffee
index 669b65cc7..035b34db0 100644
--- a/src/browser/main.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/main.coffee
@@ -13,16 +13,6 @@ process.on 'uncaughtException', (error={}) ->
   nslog(error.message) if error.message?
   nslog(error.stack) if error.stack?
 
-# Patch fs.statSyncNoException/fs.lstatSyncNoException to fail for non-strings
-# https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/issues/843
-{lstatSyncNoException, statSyncNoException} = fs
-fs.statSyncNoException = (pathToStat) ->
-  return false unless pathToStat and typeof pathToStat is 'string'
-  statSyncNoException(pathToStat)
-fs.lstatSyncNoException = (pathToStat) ->
-  return false unless pathToStat and typeof pathToStat is 'string'
-  lstatSyncNoException(pathToStat)
-
 start = ->
   if process.platform is 'win32'
     SquirrelUpdate = require './squirrel-update'
diff --git a/static/index.js b/static/index.js
index 728e47cd1..6220fae31 100644
--- a/static/index.js
+++ b/static/index.js
@@ -5,23 +5,6 @@ window.onload = function() {
     var fs = require('fs');
     var path = require('path');
 
-    // Patch fs.statSyncNoException/fs.lstatSyncNoException to fail for non-strings
-    // https://github.com/atom/atom-shell/issues/843
-    var statSyncNoException = fs.statSyncNoException;
-    var lstatSyncNoException = fs.lstatSyncNoException;
-    fs.statSyncNoException = function(pathToStat) {
-      if (pathToStat && typeof pathToStat === 'string')
-        return statSyncNoException(pathToStat);
-      else
-        return false;
-    };
-    fs.lstatSyncNoException = function(pathToStat) {
-      if (pathToStat && typeof pathToStat === 'string')
-        return lstatSyncNoException(pathToStat);
-      else
-        return false;
-    };
-
     // Skip "?loadSettings=".
     var rawLoadSettings = decodeURIComponent(location.search.substr(14));
     var loadSettings;