diff --git a/src/js/utils/Environment.js b/src/js/utils/Environment.js
index 861bfe83..58b973a2 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/Environment.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/Environment.js
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@
 
   ns.Environment = {
     detectNodeWebkit : function () {
-      var isNode = (typeof window["process"] !== "undefined" && typeof window["require"] !== "undefined");
+      var isNode = (typeof process !== "undefined" && typeof require !== "undefined");
       var isNodeWebkit = false;
       if (isNode) {
-        var require = window["require"];
         try {
           isNodeWebkit = (typeof require('nw.gui') !== "undefined");
         } catch (e) {
diff --git a/src/js/utils/FileUtilsDesktop.js b/src/js/utils/FileUtilsDesktop.js
index dc08529d..2f596e74 100644
--- a/src/js/utils/FileUtilsDesktop.js
+++ b/src/js/utils/FileUtilsDesktop.js
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@
      * @callback callback
      */
     saveToFile : function(content, filename, callback) {
-      var require = window["require"]; // suppress build error
       var fs = require('fs');
       fs.writeFile(filename, content, function(err){
         if (err) {
@@ -71,7 +70,6 @@
     },
 
     readFile : function(filename, callback) {
-      var require = window["require"]; // suppress build error
       var fs = require('fs');
       // NOTE: currently loading everything as utf8, which may not be desirable in future
       fs.readFile(filename, 'utf8', function(err, data){