diff --git a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
index 4bdb5f7bbfca9..b70ace445c956 100644
--- a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
@@ -439,7 +439,6 @@ base::StringPiece ElectronMainDelegate::GetBrowserV8SnapshotFilename() {
 
 content::ContentClient* ElectronMainDelegate::CreateContentClient() {
   content_client_ = std::make_unique<ElectronContentClient>();
-  SetContentClient(content_client_.get());
   return content_client_.get();
 }