diff --git a/app/sessionStore.js b/app/sessionStore.js
index 852fbc3cb33..810d37dae00 100644
--- a/app/sessionStore.js
+++ b/app/sessionStore.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 // - NODE_ENV of ‘test’ bypassing session state or else they all fail.
 
 const Immutable = require('immutable')
-const fs = require('fs-extra')
 const path = require('path')
 const electron = require('electron')
 const os = require('os')
@@ -544,7 +543,10 @@ module.exports.runImportDefaultSettings = (data) => {
  */
 module.exports.loadAppState = () => {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const fs = require('fs')
+
     let data
+
     try {
       data = fs.readFileSync(getStoragePath())
     } catch (e) {}
@@ -607,6 +609,7 @@ module.exports.loadAppState = () => {
  * Called when session is suspected for corruption; this will move it out of the way
  */
 module.exports.backupSession = () => {
+  const fs = require('fs-extra')
   const src = getStoragePath()
   const dest = getTempStoragePath('backup')
 
diff --git a/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js b/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js
index 76b9c6ff62b..71ce32bb302 100644
--- a/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js
+++ b/test/unit/app/sessionStoreTest.js
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ describe('sessionStore unit tests', function () {
       useCleanCache: true
     })
     mockery.registerMock('fs-extra', fakeFileSystem)
+    mockery.registerMock('fs', fakeFileSystem)
     mockery.registerMock('electron', fakeElectron)
     mockery.registerMock('./locale', fakeLocale)
     mockery.registerMock('../js/state/siteUtil', mockSiteUtil)