diff --git a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
index 73d063026ad3e..6111b30a11951 100644
--- a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
+++ b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.cc
@@ -316,9 +316,6 @@ absl::optional<int> ElectronMainDelegate::BasicStartupComplete() {
       ::switches::kDisableGpuMemoryBufferCompositorResources);
 #endif
 
-  content_client_ = std::make_unique<ElectronContentClient>();
-  SetContentClient(content_client_.get());
-
   return absl::nullopt;
 }
 
@@ -437,6 +434,11 @@ base::StringPiece ElectronMainDelegate::GetBrowserV8SnapshotFilename() {
   return ContentMainDelegate::GetBrowserV8SnapshotFilename();
 }
 
+content::ContentClient* ElectronMainDelegate::CreateContentClient() {
+  content_client_ = std::make_unique<ElectronContentClient>();
+  return content_client_.get();
+}
+
 content::ContentBrowserClient*
 ElectronMainDelegate::CreateContentBrowserClient() {
   browser_client_ = std::make_unique<ElectronBrowserClient>();
diff --git a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.h b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.h
index 0a8363fb7a90b..ca48a02a3b820 100644
--- a/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.h
+++ b/shell/app/electron_main_delegate.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class ElectronMainDelegate : public content::ContentMainDelegate {
   void PreSandboxStartup() override;
   void SandboxInitialized(const std::string& process_type) override;
   absl::optional<int> PreBrowserMain() override;
+  content::ContentClient* CreateContentClient() override;
   content::ContentBrowserClient* CreateContentBrowserClient() override;
   content::ContentGpuClient* CreateContentGpuClient() override;
   content::ContentRendererClient* CreateContentRendererClient() override;