diff --git a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
index 174856181a..582feba4b1 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
+++ b/atom/common/api/lib/clipboard.coffee
@@ -1,14 +1,9 @@
-if process.platform is 'linux' and process.type is 'renderer'
-  # On Linux we could not access clipboard in renderer process.
-  module.exports = require('remote').require 'clipboard'
-else
-  binding = process.atomBinding 'clipboard'
-
-  module.exports =
-    has: (format, type='standard') -> binding._has format, type
-    read: (format, type='standard') -> binding._read format, type
-    readText: (type='standard') -> binding._readText type
-    writeText: (text, type='standard') -> binding._writeText text, type
-    readImage: (type='standard') -> binding._readImage type
-    writeImage: (image, type='standard') -> binding._writeImage image, type
-    clear: (type='standard') -> binding._clear type
+binding = process.atomBinding 'clipboard'
+module.exports =
+  has: (format, type='standard') -> binding._has format, type
+  read: (format, type='standard') -> binding._read format, type
+  readText: (type='standard') -> binding._readText type
+  writeText: (text, type='standard') -> binding._writeText text, type
+  readImage: (type='standard') -> binding._readImage type
+  writeImage: (image, type='standard') -> binding._writeImage image, type
+  clear: (type='standard') -> binding._clear type