diff --git a/src/atom-environment.coffee b/src/atom-environment.coffee
index fd8a2f201..2619d5773 100644
--- a/src/atom-environment.coffee
+++ b/src/atom-environment.coffee
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class AtomEnvironment extends Model
     @project = null
     @commands.clear()
     @stylesElement.remove()
-    @config.destroy()
+    @config.unobserveUserConfig()
 
     @uninstallWindowEventHandler()
 
diff --git a/src/browser/atom-application.coffee b/src/browser/atom-application.coffee
index 299dc2adb..b68ee2c73 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-application.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-application.coffee
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ class AtomApplication
     @openPathOnEvent('application:open-license', path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'LICENSE.md'))
 
     app.on 'before-quit', =>
-      @saveBlobStore()
       @saveState(false)
       @quitting = true
 
@@ -434,9 +433,6 @@ class AtomApplication
         console.log("Killing process #{pid} failed: #{error.code ? error.message}")
     delete @pidsToOpenWindows[pid]
 
-  saveBlobStore: ->
-    @windows[0]?.saveBlobStore()
-
   saveState: (allowEmpty=false) ->
     return if @quitting
     states = []
diff --git a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
index 73b8a05b8..16456d274 100644
--- a/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/atom-window.coffee
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ class AtomWindow
     hasPathToOpen = not (locationsToOpen.length is 1 and not locationsToOpen[0].pathToOpen?)
     @openLocations(locationsToOpen) if hasPathToOpen and not @isSpecWindow()
 
-  saveBlobStore: ->
-    @browserWindow.webContents?.send('save-blob-store')
-
   setLoadSettings: (loadSettingsObj) ->
     # Ignore the windowState when passing loadSettings via URL, since it could
     # be quite large.
diff --git a/src/config.coffee b/src/config.coffee
index dd002327c..663dbb777 100644
--- a/src/config.coffee
+++ b/src/config.coffee
@@ -360,10 +360,6 @@ class Config
       @save()
     debouncedSave = _.debounce(save, 100)
 
-  destroy: ->
-    @clear()
-    @unobserveUserConfig()
-
   shouldNotAccessFileSystem: -> not @enablePersistence
 
   ###