diff --git a/sky/shell/android/sky_main.cc b/sky/shell/android/sky_main.cc
index 98118282dbd1e2f1d6bc78df400496de3caa426a..0712c369e1d62b049fa8e2f91355be83e6b16f30 100644
--- a/sky/shell/android/sky_main.cc
+++ b/sky/shell/android/sky_main.cc
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 #include "base/at_exit.h"
 #include "base/bind.h"
 #include "base/command_line.h"
-#include "base/i18n/icu_util.h"
 #include "base/lazy_instance.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
 #include "base/macros.h"
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@
 #include "jni/SkyMain_jni.h"
 #include "sky/shell/service_provider.h"
 #include "sky/shell/shell.h"
-#include "ui/gl/gl_surface_egl.h"
 
 using base::LazyInstance;
 
@@ -55,9 +53,6 @@ static void Init(JNIEnv* env, jclass clazz, jobject context) {
   g_java_message_loop.Get().reset(new base::MessageLoopForUI);
   base::MessageLoopForUI::current()->Start();
 
-  base::i18n::InitializeICU();
-  gfx::GLSurface::InitializeOneOff();
-
   Shell::Init(make_scoped_ptr(new ServiceProviderContext(
       g_java_message_loop.Get()->task_runner())));
 }
diff --git a/sky/shell/linux/main.cc b/sky/shell/linux/main.cc
index 06759977a7325284f636ba28099011bf10ce5e16..66446c99aafea775e8eba8bf4636f1026dbf765f 100644
--- a/sky/shell/linux/main.cc
+++ b/sky/shell/linux/main.cc
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ void Init() {
   blink::WebRuntimeFeatures::enableObservatory(
       !command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kNonInteractive));
 
-  Shell::Init(make_scoped_ptr(new ServiceProviderContext(
-      base::MessageLoop::current()->task_runner())));
   // Explicitly boot the shared test runner.
   TestRunner& runner = TestRunner::Shared();
 
@@ -80,7 +78,8 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
 
   base::MessageLoop message_loop;
 
-  base::i18n::InitializeICU();
+  sky::shell::Shell::Init(make_scoped_ptr(
+      new sky::shell::ServiceProviderContext(message_loop.task_runner())));
 
   message_loop.PostTask(FROM_HERE, base::Bind(&sky::shell::Init));
   message_loop.Run();
diff --git a/sky/shell/mac/platform_mac.mm b/sky/shell/mac/platform_mac.mm
index 2b6d6e897a5226b830de6b891a393fde26b4cba8..47bf328b24fe95fb3927c1ebe27496224027d6d8 100644
--- a/sky/shell/mac/platform_mac.mm
+++ b/sky/shell/mac/platform_mac.mm
@@ -45,38 +45,29 @@ int PlatformMacMain(int argc,
 
   RedirectIOConnectionsToSyslog();
 
-  auto result = false;
+  bool result = false;
 
   result = base::CommandLine::Init(argc, argv);
   DLOG_ASSERT(result);
 
   InitializeLogging();
 
-  result = base::i18n::InitializeICU();
-  DLOG_ASSERT(result);
-
-  result = gfx::GLSurface::InitializeOneOff();
-  DLOG_ASSERT(result);
-
-  scoped_ptr<base::MessageLoopForUI> main_message_loop(
-      new base::MessageLoopForUI());
+  scoped_ptr<base::MessageLoopForUI> message_loop(new base::MessageLoopForUI());
 
 #if TARGET_OS_IPHONE
   // One cannot start the message loop on the platform main thread. Instead,
   // we attach to the CFRunLoop
-  main_message_loop->Attach();
+  message_loop->Attach();
 #endif
 
-  auto service_provider_context = make_scoped_ptr(
-      new sky::shell::ServiceProviderContext(main_message_loop->task_runner()));
-
-  sky::shell::Shell::Init(service_provider_context.Pass());
+  sky::shell::Shell::Init(make_scoped_ptr(
+      new sky::shell::ServiceProviderContext(message_loop->task_runner()));
 
   result = callback();
 
 #if !TARGET_OS_IPHONE
   if (result == EXIT_SUCCESS) {
-    main_message_loop->QuitNow();
+    message_loop->QuitNow();
   }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sky/shell/shell.cc b/sky/shell/shell.cc
index 1147b3ee1416a80cc4f7502a2397402a97ed6c6f..45db55a65e83c1d80afc8fde55f1776ab980bf94 100644
--- a/sky/shell/shell.cc
+++ b/sky/shell/shell.cc
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@
 #include "sky/shell/shell.h"
 
 #include "base/bind.h"
+#include "base/i18n/icu_util.h"
 #include "base/single_thread_task_runner.h"
 #include "mojo/common/message_pump_mojo.h"
 #include "mojo/edk/embedder/embedder.h"
 #include "mojo/edk/embedder/simple_platform_support.h"
 #include "sky/shell/ui/engine.h"
+#include "ui/gl/gl_surface.h"
 
 namespace sky {
 namespace shell {
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ Shell::~Shell() {
 }
 
 void Shell::Init(scoped_ptr<ServiceProviderContext> service_provider_context) {
+  CHECK(base::i18n::InitializeICU());
+#if !defined(OS_LINUX)
+  CHECK(gfx::GLSurface::InitializeOneOff());
+#endif
   g_shell = new Shell(service_provider_context.Pass());
 }