From ebbb89d95560d0b159ea861b38266a9e598ec2dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jack Amadeo <jackamadeo@squareup.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2026 10:42:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] keep the import, just handle undefined

---
 ui/desktop/src/distro.ts | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts b/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts
index 448364d1d4..53dc9127f0 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/distro.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-
-let app: Electron.App | undefined;
-try {
-  app = require('electron').app;
-} catch {
-  // Not running inside Electron (e.g. tests importing goosed.ts)
-}
+import { app } from 'electron';
 
 interface DistroConfig {
   env?: Record<string, string>;