diff --git a/spec/spec-helper.coffee b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
index 97bcbf04b..2c8320383 100644
--- a/spec/spec-helper.coffee
+++ b/spec/spec-helper.coffee
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ beforeEach ->
     config: atom.config, project: atom.project, packageManager: atom.packages,
     grammarRegistry: atom.grammars, notificationManager: atom.notifications,
     setRepresentedFilename: jasmine.createSpy('setRepresentedFilename'),
-    setDocumentEdited: atom.setDocumentEdited.bind(atom), atomVersion: atom.getVersion()
+    setDocumentEdited: atom.setDocumentEdited.bind(atom), atomVersion: atom.getVersion(),
+    clipboard: atom.clipboard
   })
   atom.themes.workspace = atom.workspace
   atom.keymaps.keyBindings = _.clone(keyBindingsToRestore)
diff --git a/src/atom.coffee b/src/atom.coffee
index 3ccff0fd5..6e46497f4 100644
--- a/src/atom.coffee
+++ b/src/atom.coffee
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ class Atom extends Model
     @workspace = new Workspace({
       @config, @project, packageManager: @packages, grammarRegistry: @grammars,
       notificationManager: @notifications, setRepresentedFilename: @setRepresentedFilename.bind(this),
-      setDocumentEdited: @setDocumentEdited.bind(this)
+      setDocumentEdited: @setDocumentEdited.bind(this), @clipboard
     })
     @themes.workspace = @workspace
 
diff --git a/src/text-editor.coffee b/src/text-editor.coffee
index c986408c5..4859c64d4 100644
--- a/src/text-editor.coffee
+++ b/src/text-editor.coffee
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     state.displayBuffer = displayBuffer
     state.config = atomEnvironment.config
     state.notificationManager = atomEnvironment.notifications
+    state.clipboard = atomEnvironment.clipboard
     new this(state)
 
   constructor: (params={}) ->
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     {
       @softTabs, @scrollRow, @scrollColumn, initialLine, initialColumn, tabLength,
       softWrapped, @displayBuffer, buffer, suppressCursorCreation, @mini, @placeholderText,
-      lineNumberGutterVisible, largeFileMode, @config, @notificationManager
+      lineNumberGutterVisible, largeFileMode, @config, @notificationManager, @clipboard
     } = params
 
     @emitter = new Emitter
@@ -460,7 +461,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
     softTabs = @getSoftTabs()
     newEditor = new TextEditor({
       @buffer, displayBuffer, @tabLength, softTabs, suppressCursorCreation: true,
-      @config, @notificationManager
+      @config, @notificationManager, @clipboard
     })
     for marker in @findMarkers(editorId: @id)
       marker.copy(editorId: newEditor.id, preserveFolds: true)
@@ -590,7 +591,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
   # Copies the current file path to the native clipboard.
   copyPathToClipboard: ->
     if filePath = @getPath()
-      atom.clipboard.write(filePath)
+      @clipboard.write(filePath)
 
   ###
   Section: File Operations
@@ -2618,7 +2619,7 @@ class TextEditor extends Model
   #
   # * `options` (optional) See {Selection::insertText}.
   pasteText: (options={}) ->
-    {text: clipboardText, metadata} = atom.clipboard.readWithMetadata()
+    {text: clipboardText, metadata} = @clipboard.readWithMetadata()
     return false unless @emitWillInsertTextEvent(clipboardText)
 
     metadata ?= {}
diff --git a/src/workspace.coffee b/src/workspace.coffee
index 6ad73b607..396bb9445 100644
--- a/src/workspace.coffee
+++ b/src/workspace.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Workspace extends Model
   constructor: (params) ->
     super
 
-    {@packageManager, @config, @project, @grammarRegistry, @notificationManager} = params
+    {@packageManager, @config, @project, @grammarRegistry, @notificationManager, @clipboard} = params
     {@setRepresentedFilename, @setDocumentEdited} = params
 
     @emitter = new Emitter
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ class Workspace extends Model
       @buildTextEditor(_.extend({buffer, largeFileMode}, options))
 
   buildTextEditor: (params) ->
-    new TextEditor(_.extend({@config, @notificationManager}, params))
+    new TextEditor(_.extend({@config, @notificationManager, @clipboard}, params))
 
   # Public: Asynchronously reopens the last-closed item's URI if it hasn't already been
   # reopened.