diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
index de938eacd9..2133170793 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.cc
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ void BrowserMainParts::PreEarlyInitialization() {
 #if defined(OS_LINUX)
   OverrideLinuxAppDataPath();
 #endif
-
-  InitProxyResolverV8();
 }
 
 void BrowserMainParts::ToolkitInitialized() {
@@ -148,8 +146,4 @@ BrowserContext* BrowserMainParts::CreateBrowserContext() {
   return new BrowserContext;
 }
 
-void BrowserMainParts::InitProxyResolverV8() {
-  net::ProxyResolverV8::EnsureIsolateCreated();
-}
-
 }  // namespace brightray
diff --git a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h
index 59674ef2e5..a5ba51508b 100644
--- a/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h
+++ b/brightray/browser/browser_main_parts.h
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ class BrowserMainParts : public content::BrowserMainParts {
   // implementation. The caller takes ownership of the returned object.
   virtual BrowserContext* CreateBrowserContext();
 
-  // Override this to change how ProxyResolverV8 is initialized.
-  virtual void InitProxyResolverV8();
-
  private:
 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
   void IncreaseFileDescriptorLimit();