diff --git a/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js b/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js
index dd174aaa0..d12ea273e 100644
--- a/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js
+++ b/script/lib/generate-startup-snapshot.js
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ module.exports = function (packagedAppPath) {
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', 'tree-sitter', 'index.js') ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', 'yauzl', 'index.js') ||
         requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', 'winreg', 'lib', 'registry.js') ||
-        requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', '@atom', 'fuzzy-native', 'lib', 'main.js')
+        requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'node_modules', '@atom', 'fuzzy-native', 'lib', 'main.js') ||
+        // The startup-time script is used by both the renderer and the main process and having it in the
+        // snapshot causes issues.
+        requiredModuleRelativePath === path.join('..', 'src', 'startup-time.js')
       )
     }
   }).then(({snapshotScript}) => {