diff --git a/src/atom.coffee b/src/atom.coffee
index 707500479..fc4f59ef2 100644
--- a/src/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/atom.coffee
@@ -581,9 +581,9 @@ class Atom extends Model
     {resourcePath, safeMode} = @getLoadSettings()
 
     CommandInstaller = require './command-installer'
-    CommandInstaller.installAtomCommand resourcePath, false, (error) ->
+    CommandInstaller.installAtomCommand false, (error) ->
       console.warn error.message if error?
-    CommandInstaller.installApmCommand resourcePath, false, (error) ->
+    CommandInstaller.installApmCommand false, (error) ->
       console.warn error.message if error?
 
     dimensions = @restoreWindowDimensions()
diff --git a/src/command-installer.coffee b/src/command-installer.coffee
index b9d40bce0..c7772b4f5 100644
--- a/src/command-installer.coffee
+++ b/src/command-installer.coffee
@@ -36,12 +36,11 @@ module.exports =
         message: "Failed to install shell commands"
         detailedMessage: error.message
 
-    resourcePath = process.resourcesPath
-    @installAtomCommand resourcePath, true, (error) =>
+    @installAtomCommand true, (error) =>
       if error?
         showErrorDialog(error)
       else
-        @installApmCommand resourcePath, true, (error) ->
+        @installApmCommand true, (error) ->
           if error?
             showErrorDialog(error)
           else
@@ -49,12 +48,12 @@ module.exports =
               message: "Commands installed."
               detailedMessage: "The shell commands `atom` and `apm` are installed."
 
-  installAtomCommand: (resourcePath, askForPrivilege, callback) ->
-    commandPath = path.join(resourcePath, 'atom.sh')
+  installAtomCommand: (askForPrivilege, callback) ->
+    commandPath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'atom.sh')
     @createSymlink commandPath, askForPrivilege, callback
 
-  installApmCommand: (resourcePath, askForPrivilege, callback) ->
-    commandPath = path.join(resourcePath, 'apm', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'apm')
+  installApmCommand: (askForPrivilege, callback) ->
+    commandPath = path.join(process.resourcesPath, 'apm', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'apm')
     @createSymlink commandPath, askForPrivilege, callback
 
   createSymlink: (commandPath, askForPrivilege, callback) ->