diff --git a/src/bootstrap-window.js b/src/bootstrap-window.js
index 246994bfe83ccbded029d41f9dc2c3e79f62a519..cc33a013971530f06cf8c74f47ee682a46526f0c 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap-window.js
+++ b/src/bootstrap-window.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 	}
 }(this, function () {
 	const path = require.__$__nodeRequire('path');
-	const ipc = require.__$__nodeRequire('electron').ipcRenderer;
 	const bootstrap = globalThis.MonacoBootstrap;
 
 	/**
@@ -151,6 +150,8 @@
 	 * @returns {() => void}
 	 */
 	function registerDeveloperKeybindings(disallowReloadKeybinding) {
+		const ipcRenderer = globals().ipcRenderer;
+
 		const extractKey = function (e) {
 			return [
 				e.ctrlKey ? 'ctrl-' : '',
@@ -169,9 +170,9 @@
 		let listener = function (e) {
 			const key = extractKey(e);
 			if (key === TOGGLE_DEV_TOOLS_KB || key === TOGGLE_DEV_TOOLS_KB_ALT) {
-				ipc.send('vscode:toggleDevTools');
+				ipcRenderer.send('vscode:toggleDevTools');
 			} else if (key === RELOAD_KB && !disallowReloadKeybinding) {
-				ipc.send('vscode:reloadWindow');
+				ipcRenderer.send('vscode:reloadWindow');
 			}
 		};
 
@@ -191,7 +192,8 @@
 	 */
 	function onUnexpectedError(error, enableDeveloperTools) {
 		if (enableDeveloperTools) {
-			ipc.send('vscode:openDevTools');
+			const ipcRenderer = globals().ipcRenderer;
+			ipcRenderer.send('vscode:openDevTools');
 		}
 
 		console.error(`[uncaught exception]: ${error}`);
@@ -201,7 +203,16 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return {typeof import('./vs/base/parts/sandbox/electron-sandbox/globals')}
+	 */
+	function globals() {
+		// @ts-ignore (defined in globals.js)
+		return window.vscode;
+	}
+
 	return {
-		load
+		load,
+		globals
 	};
 }));
diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js
index 0ded47c0f4e809dbaab068b4d0d156dfae121fe1..e72229f0997a2c85edeb3d12040d849b976a38c7 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.js
@@ -33,17 +33,20 @@ const perf = (function () {
 
 perf.mark('renderer/started');
 
-// Setup shell environment
-process['lazyEnv'] = getLazyEnv();
-
 /**
- * @type {{ load: (modules: string[], resultCallback: (result, configuration: object) => any, options: object) => unknown }}
+ * @type {{
+ *   load: (modules: string[], resultCallback: (result, configuration: object) => any, options: object) => unknown,
+ *   globals: () => typeof import('../../../base/parts/sandbox/electron-sandbox/globals')
+ * }}
  */
 const bootstrapWindow = (() => {
 	// @ts-ignore (defined in bootstrap-window.js)
 	return window.MonacoBootstrapWindow;
 })();
 
+// Setup shell environment
+process['lazyEnv'] = getLazyEnv();
+
 // Load workbench main JS, CSS and NLS all in parallel. This is an
 // optimization to prevent a waterfall of loading to happen, because
 // we know for a fact that workbench.desktop.main will depend on
@@ -184,8 +187,7 @@ function showPartsSplash(configuration) {
  * @returns {Promise<void>}
  */
 function getLazyEnv() {
-
-	const ipc = require.__$__nodeRequire('electron').ipcRenderer;
+	const ipcRenderer = bootstrapWindow.globals().ipcRenderer;
 
 	return new Promise(function (resolve) {
 		const handle = setTimeout(function () {
@@ -193,13 +195,13 @@ function getLazyEnv() {
 			console.warn('renderer did not receive lazyEnv in time');
 		}, 10000);
 
-		ipc.once('vscode:acceptShellEnv', function (event, shellEnv) {
+		ipcRenderer.once('vscode:acceptShellEnv', function (event, shellEnv) {
 			clearTimeout(handle);
 			Object.assign(process.env, shellEnv);
 			// @ts-ignore
 			resolve(process.env);
 		});
 
-		ipc.send('vscode:fetchShellEnv');
+		ipcRenderer.send('vscode:fetchShellEnv');
 	});
 }