diff --git a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
index 8bb6a35816..9115cbc82a 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
+++ b/atom/browser/api/atom_api_web_contents.cc
@@ -289,11 +289,10 @@ bool WebContents::IsAlive() const {
 void WebContents::LoadURL(const GURL& url, const mate::Dictionary& options) {
   content::NavigationController::LoadURLParams params(url);
 
-  base::string16 http_referrer;
-
-  if (options.Get("httpreferrer", &http_referrer_))
-    params.referrer = content::Referrer(GURL(http_referrer_).GetAsReferrer(),
-      blink::WebReferrerPolicyDefault);
+  GURL http_referrer;
+  if (options.Get("httpreferrer", &http_referrer))
+    params.referrer = content::Referrer(http_referrer.GetAsReferrer(),
+                                        blink::WebReferrerPolicyDefault);
 
   params.transition_type = content::PAGE_TRANSITION_TYPED;
   params.override_user_agent = content::NavigationController::UA_OVERRIDE_TRUE;
@@ -445,14 +444,14 @@ mate::ObjectTemplateBuilder WebContents::GetObjectTemplateBuilder(
     template_.Reset(isolate, mate::ObjectTemplateBuilder(isolate)
         .SetMethod("destroy", &WebContents::Destroy)
         .SetMethod("isAlive", &WebContents::IsAlive)
-        .SetMethod("loadUrl", &WebContents::LoadURL)
+        .SetMethod("_loadUrl", &WebContents::LoadURL)
         .SetMethod("getUrl", &WebContents::GetURL)
         .SetMethod("getTitle", &WebContents::GetTitle)
         .SetMethod("isLoading", &WebContents::IsLoading)
         .SetMethod("isWaitingForResponse", &WebContents::IsWaitingForResponse)
         .SetMethod("stop", &WebContents::Stop)
-        .SetMethod("reload", &WebContents::Reload)
-        .SetMethod("reloadIgnoringCache", &WebContents::ReloadIgnoringCache)
+        .SetMethod("_reload", &WebContents::Reload)
+        .SetMethod("_reloadIgnoringCache", &WebContents::ReloadIgnoringCache)
         .SetMethod("canGoBack", &WebContents::CanGoBack)
         .SetMethod("canGoForward", &WebContents::CanGoForward)
         .SetMethod("canGoToOffset", &WebContents::CanGoToOffset)
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
index 243ad1ac3c..3d89659444 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/browser-window.coffee
@@ -84,15 +84,14 @@ BrowserWindow.fromId = (id) ->
   BrowserWindow.windows.get id
 
 # Helpers.
-BrowserWindow::loadUrl = (url, urlOptions={}) -> @webContents.loadUrl url, urlOptions
-
+BrowserWindow::loadUrl = -> @webContents.loadUrl.apply @webContents, arguments
 BrowserWindow::send = -> @webContents.send.apply @webContents, arguments
 
 # Be compatible with old API.
 BrowserWindow::restart = -> @webContents.reload()
 BrowserWindow::getUrl = -> @webContents.getUrl()
-BrowserWindow::reload = (urlOptions={}) -> @webContents.reload(urlOptions)
-BrowserWindow::reloadIgnoringCache = (urlOptions={}) -> @webContents.reloadIgnoringCache(urlOptions)
+BrowserWindow::reload = -> @webContents.reload.apply @webContents, arguments
+BrowserWindow::reloadIgnoringCache = -> @webContents.reloadIgnoringCache.apply @webContents, arguments
 BrowserWindow::getPageTitle = -> @webContents.getTitle()
 BrowserWindow::isLoading = -> @webContents.isLoading()
 BrowserWindow::isWaitingForResponse = -> @webContents.isWaitingForResponse()
diff --git a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
index a0c8a00e7c..5ed80a54ab 100644
--- a/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/api/lib/web-contents.coffee
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@ module.exports.wrap = (webContents) ->
   webContents.getId = -> "#{@getProcessId()}-#{@getRoutingId()}"
   webContents.equal = (other) -> @getId() is other.getId()
 
-  # Provide a default parameter for urlOptions to be compatible with the old
-  # API.
-  webContents::loadUrl = (url, urlOptions={}) -> loadUrl url, urlOptions
-  webContents::reload = (urlOptions={}) -> reload(urlOptions)
-  webContents::reloadIgnoringCache = (urlOptions={}) ->
-    reloadIgnoringCache(urlOptions)
+  # Provide a default parameter for |urlOptions|.
+  webContents.loadUrl = (url, urlOptions={}) -> @_loadUrl url, urlOptions
+  webContents.reload = (urlOptions={}) -> @_reload urlOptions
+  webContents.reloadIgnoringCache = (urlOptions={}) -> @_reloadIgnoringCache urlOptions
 
   # Translate |disposition| to string for 'new-window' event.
   webContents.on '-new-window', (args..., disposition) ->
diff --git a/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee b/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
index 5b6377847a..db8ed44848 100644
--- a/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
+++ b/atom/browser/lib/guest-view-manager.coffee
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ createGuest = (embedder, params) ->
     max = width: params.maxwidth, height: params.maxheight
     @setAutoSize params.autosize, min, max
     if params.src
-      @loadUrl params.src, params.urlOptions
+      if params.httpreferrer
+        @loadUrl params.src, {httpreferrer: params.httpreferrer}
+      else
+        @loadUrl params.src
     if params.allowtransparency?
       @setAllowTransparency params.allowtransparency
 
diff --git a/atom/renderer/lib/web-view.coffee b/atom/renderer/lib/web-view.coffee
index 96abb48657..f27be54ab5 100644
--- a/atom/renderer/lib/web-view.coffee
+++ b/atom/renderer/lib/web-view.coffee
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ class WebView
     # on* Event handlers.
     @on = {}
 
-    @urlOptions = {}
-
     @browserPluginNode = @createBrowserPluginNode()
     shadowRoot = @webviewNode.createShadowRoot()
     @partition = new Partition()
@@ -199,9 +197,9 @@ class WebView
       # No setter.
       enumerable: true
 
-    @httpReferrer = @webviewNode.getAttribute 'httpreferrer'
+    @httpreferrer = @webviewNode.getAttribute 'httpreferrer'
     Object.defineProperty @webviewNode, 'httpreferrer',
-      get: => @httpReferrer
+      get: => @httpreferrer
       set: (value) => @webviewNode.setAttribute 'httpreferrer', value
       enumerable: true
 
@@ -260,7 +258,7 @@ class WebView
       if newValue == '' and oldValue != ''
         @webviewNode.setAttribute 'httpreferrer', oldValue
 
-      @httpReferrer = newValue
+      @httpreferrer = newValue
 
       result = {}
       # If the httpreferrer changes treat it as though the src changes and reload
@@ -386,11 +384,9 @@ class WebView
         @createGuest()
       return
 
-    if @httpReferrer
-      @urlOptions = { "httpreferrer": @httpReferrer }
-
     # Navigate to |this.src|.
-    remote.getGuestWebContents(@guestInstanceId).loadUrl @src, @urlOptions
+    urlOptions = if @httpreferrer then {@httpreferrer} else {}
+    remote.getGuestWebContents(@guestInstanceId).loadUrl @src, urlOptions
 
   parseAttributes: ->
     return unless @elementAttached
@@ -473,7 +469,7 @@ class WebView
     # set via this.onAttach().
     storagePartitionId: @partition.toAttribute()
     userAgentOverride: @userAgentOverride
-    urlOptions: @urlOptions
+    httpreferrer: @httpreferrer
 
   attachWindow: (guestInstanceId, isNewWindow) ->
     @guestInstanceId = guestInstanceId