diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9f792a9ea44..270f03395cc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -89,7 +89,6 @@
     "mongodb-ns": "^1.0.3",
     "mongodb-schema": "^4.2.0",
     "ms": "^0.7.1",
-    "node-notifier": "^4.3.1",
     "numeral": "^1.5.3",
     "pluralize": "^1.2.1",
     "qs": "^5.2.0",
diff --git a/src/main/window-manager.js b/src/main/window-manager.js
index 2b00067837b..876ea8d8530 100644
--- a/src/main/window-manager.js
+++ b/src/main/window-manager.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 var electron = require('electron');
 var AppMenu = require('./menu');
 var BrowserWindow = electron.BrowserWindow;
-var Notifier = require('node-notifier');
 
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var app = electron.app;
@@ -255,24 +254,6 @@ app.on('before-quit', function() {
   BrowserWindow.getAllWindows()[0].webContents.send('message', 'app-quit');
 });
 
-app.on('show bugsnag OS notification', function(errorMsg) {
-  if (_.contains(['development', 'testing'], process.env.NODE_ENV)) {
-    Notifier.notify({
-      'icon': COMPASS_ICON_PATH,
-      'message': errorMsg,
-      'title': 'MongoDB Compass Exception',
-      'wait': true
-    }, function(err, resp) {
-      if (err) {
-        debug(err);
-      }
-      if (resp === 'Activate\n') {
-        openDevTools();
-      }
-    });
-  }
-});
-
 /**
  * When electron's main renderer has completed setup,
  * we'll always show the [connect][./src/connect] dialog