diff --git a/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js b/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js
index 55ab0051d9a34..f5e850bafbbdd 100644
--- a/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js
+++ b/lib/browser/chrome-extension.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const url = require('url')
+const util = require('util')
 
 // Mapping between extensionId(hostname) and manifest.
 const manifestMap = {} // extensionId => manifest
@@ -226,6 +227,65 @@ ipcMainUtils.handleSync('CHROME_GET_MESSAGES', function (event, extensionId) {
   return fs.readFileSync(messagesPath)
 })
 
+const validStorageTypes = new Set(['sync', 'local'])
+
+const getChromeStoragePath = (storageType, extensionId) => {
+  if (!validStorageTypes.has(storageType)) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid storageType: ${storageType}`)
+  }
+
+  if (!manifestMap[extensionId]) {
+    throw new Error(`Invalid extensionId: ${extensionId}`)
+  }
+
+  return path.join(app.getPath('userData'), `/Chrome Storage/${extensionId}-${storageType}.json`)
+}
+
+const mkdirp = util.promisify((dir, callback) => {
+  fs.mkdir(dir, (error) => {
+    if (error && error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      mkdirp(path.dirname(dir), (error) => {
+        if (!error) {
+          mkdirp(dir, callback)
+        }
+      })
+    } else if (error && error.code === 'EEXIST') {
+      callback(null)
+    } else {
+      callback(error)
+    }
+  })
+})
+
+const readFile = util.promisify(fs.readFile)
+const writeFile = util.promisify(fs.writeFile)
+
+ipcMainUtils.handle('CHROME_STORAGE_READ', async function (event, storageType, extensionId) {
+  const filePath = getChromeStoragePath(storageType, extensionId)
+
+  try {
+    return await readFile(filePath, 'utf8')
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      return null
+    } else {
+      throw error
+    }
+  }
+})
+
+ipcMainUtils.handle('CHROME_STORAGE_WRITE', async function (event, storageType, extensionId, data) {
+  const filePath = getChromeStoragePath(storageType, extensionId)
+
+  try {
+    await mkdirp(path.dirname(filePath))
+  } catch (error) {
+    // we just ignore the errors of mkdir or mkdirp
+  }
+
+  return writeFile(filePath, data, 'utf8')
+})
+
 const isChromeExtension = function (pageURL) {
   const { protocol } = url.parse(pageURL)
   return protocol === 'chrome-extension:'
diff --git a/lib/renderer/extensions/storage.js b/lib/renderer/extensions/storage.js
index d30888135ff83..ffd82a641da76 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/extensions/storage.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/extensions/storage.js
@@ -1,71 +1,28 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { getRemote, potentiallyRemoteRequire } = require('@electron/internal/renderer/remote')
-const fs = potentiallyRemoteRequire('fs')
-const path = potentiallyRemoteRequire('path')
-const app = getRemote('app')
+const ipcRendererUtils = require('@electron/internal/renderer/ipc-renderer-internal-utils')
 
-const getChromeStoragePath = (storageType, extensionId) => {
-  return path.join(
-    app.getPath('userData'), `/Chrome Storage/${extensionId}-${storageType}.json`)
-}
-
-const mkdirp = (dir, callback) => {
-  fs.mkdir(dir, (error) => {
-    if (error && error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-      mkdirp(path.dirname(dir), (error) => {
-        if (!error) {
-          mkdirp(dir, callback)
-        }
-      })
-    } else if (error && error.code === 'EEXIST') {
-      callback(null)
-    } else {
-      callback(error)
-    }
-  })
-}
-
-const readChromeStorageFile = (storageType, extensionId, cb) => {
-  const filePath = getChromeStoragePath(storageType, extensionId)
-  fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8', (err, data) => {
-    if (err && err.code === 'ENOENT') {
-      return cb(null, null)
-    }
-    cb(err, data)
-  })
-}
+const getStorage = (storageType, extensionId, callback) => {
+  if (typeof callback !== 'function') throw new TypeError('No callback provided')
 
-const writeChromeStorageFile = (storageType, extensionId, data, cb) => {
-  const filePath = getChromeStoragePath(storageType, extensionId)
-
-  mkdirp(path.dirname(filePath), err => {
-    if (err) { /* we just ignore the errors of mkdir or mkdirp */ }
-    fs.writeFile(filePath, data, cb)
-  })
-}
-
-const getStorage = (storageType, extensionId, cb) => {
-  readChromeStorageFile(storageType, extensionId, (err, data) => {
-    if (err) throw err
-    if (!cb) throw new TypeError('No callback provided')
-
-    if (data !== null) {
-      cb(JSON.parse(data))
-    } else {
-      // Disabled due to false positive in StandardJS
-      // eslint-disable-next-line standard/no-callback-literal
-      cb({})
-    }
-  })
+  ipcRendererUtils.invoke('CHROME_STORAGE_READ', storageType, extensionId)
+    .then(data => {
+      if (data !== null) {
+        callback(JSON.parse(data))
+      } else {
+        // Disabled due to false positive in StandardJS
+        // eslint-disable-next-line standard/no-callback-literal
+        callback({})
+      }
+    })
 }
 
-const setStorage = (storageType, extensionId, storage, cb) => {
+const setStorage = (storageType, extensionId, storage, callback) => {
   const json = JSON.stringify(storage)
-  writeChromeStorageFile(storageType, extensionId, json, err => {
-    if (err) throw err
-    if (cb) cb()
-  })
+  ipcRendererUtils.invoke('CHROME_STORAGE_WRITE', storageType, extensionId, json)
+    .then(() => {
+      if (callback) callback()
+    })
 }
 
 const getStorageManager = (storageType, extensionId) => {
diff --git a/lib/renderer/remote.js b/lib/renderer/remote.js
index 0ef98ca060e1a..579505a526f46 100644
--- a/lib/renderer/remote.js
+++ b/lib/renderer/remote.js
@@ -8,18 +8,3 @@ exports.getRemote = function (name) {
   }
   return remote[name]
 }
-
-exports.remoteRequire = function (name) {
-  if (!remote) {
-    throw new Error(`${name} requires remote, which is not enabled`)
-  }
-  return remote.require(name)
-}
-
-exports.potentiallyRemoteRequire = function (name) {
-  if (process.sandboxed) {
-    return exports.remoteRequire(name)
-  } else {
-    return require(name)
-  }
-}