diff --git a/spec/theme-manager-spec.coffee b/spec/theme-manager-spec.coffee
index 31b935671..c5f84348a 100644
--- a/spec/theme-manager-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/theme-manager-spec.coffee
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ describe "ThemeManager", ->
   configDirPath = NylasEnv.getConfigDirPath()
 
   beforeEach ->
-    cache = NylasEnv.fileListCache()
-    cache.lessCacheImportPaths = null
     spyOn(console, "log")
     spyOn(console, "warn")
     spyOn(console, "error")
diff --git a/src/browser/file-list-cache.es6 b/src/browser/file-list-cache.es6
index f5f686087..b4dcf77c4 100644
--- a/src/browser/file-list-cache.es6
+++ b/src/browser/file-list-cache.es6
@@ -6,7 +6,5 @@ export default class FileListCache {
   constructor() {
     this.imageData = "{}" // A JSON stringified hash
     this.packagePaths = []
-    this.lessCacheImportPaths = []
-    this.lessCacheImportedFiles = []
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/less-compile-cache.coffee b/src/less-compile-cache.coffee
index e1fa0fc14..a6bab610b 100644
--- a/src/less-compile-cache.coffee
+++ b/src/less-compile-cache.coffee
@@ -27,12 +27,9 @@ class LessCompileCache
   # and every importPath. If we already have the imports, then load it
   # from our backend FileListCache.
   setImportPaths: (importPaths=[]) ->
-    fileCache = NylasEnv.fileListCache()
-    fileCacheImportPaths = fileCache.lessCacheImportPaths ? []
     fullImportPaths = importPaths.concat(@lessSearchPaths)
-    if not _.isEqual(fullImportPaths, fileCacheImportPaths)
+    if not _.isEqual(fullImportPaths, @cache.importPaths)
       @cache.setImportPaths(fullImportPaths)
-      fileCache.lessCacheImportPaths = fullImportPaths
 
   read: (stylesheetPath) ->
     @cache.readFileSync(stylesheetPath)