diff --git a/templates/electron/haxe/ElectronSetup.hx b/templates/electron/haxe/ElectronSetup.hx
index 69eaeb166..4334e6929 100644
--- a/templates/electron/haxe/ElectronSetup.hx
+++ b/templates/electron/haxe/ElectronSetup.hx
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
-import electron.main.App;
-import electron.main.BrowserWindow;
+package;
 
 class ElectronSetup
 {
-	public static var window:BrowserWindow;
+	public static var window:ElectronBrowserWindow;
 
 	static function main()
 	{
-		electron.main.App.commandLine.appendSwitch('ignore-gpu-blacklist', 'true');
+		ElectronApp.commandLine.appendSwitch('ignore-gpu-blacklist', 'true');
 
 		var windows:Array<OpenFLWindow> = [
 			::foreach windows::
@@ -46,9 +45,9 @@ class ElectronSetup
 			if (height == 0) height = 600;
 			var frame:Bool = window.borderless == false;
 
-			electron.main.App.commandLine.appendSwitch('--autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required');
+			ElectronApp.commandLine.appendSwitch('--autoplay-policy', 'no-user-gesture-required');
 
-			electron.main.App.on('ready', function(e)
+			ElectronApp.on('ready', function(e)
 			{
 				var config:Dynamic =
 					{
@@ -60,13 +59,13 @@ class ElectronSetup
 						height: height,
 						webgl: window.hardware
 					};
-				ElectronSetup.window = new BrowserWindow(config);
+				ElectronSetup.window = new ElectronBrowserWindow(config);
 
-				ElectronSetup.window.on(closed, function()
+				ElectronSetup.window.on('closed', function()
 				{
 					if (js.Node.process.platform != 'darwin')
 					{
-						electron.main.App.quit();
+						ElectronApp.quit();
 					}
 				});
 
@@ -104,3 +103,20 @@ typedef OpenFLWindow =
 	x:Int,
 	y:Int
 }
+
+// Externs to compile without requiring hxelectron
+
+@:jsRequire("electron", "app") extern class ElectronApp
+{
+	public static var commandLine:Dynamic;
+	public static function on(type:Dynamic, callback:Dynamic):Dynamic;
+	public static function quit():Void;
+}
+
+@:jsRequire("electron", "BrowserWindow") extern class ElectronBrowserWindow
+{
+	public var webContents:Dynamic;
+	public function new(?options:Dynamic);
+	public function loadURL(url:String, ?options:Dynamic):Dynamic;
+	public function on(type:Dynamic, callback:Dynamic):Dynamic;
+}
diff --git a/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml b/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml
index a52f9f877..053cb7299 100644
--- a/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml
+++ b/templates/electron/hxml/debug.hxml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 --next
 -js ::OUTPUT_DIR::/bin/ElectronSetup.js
 -cp ::OUTPUT_DIR::/haxe
--lib electron
 -main ElectronSetup
 -dce full
 
diff --git a/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml b/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml
index fd0555284..aa35108b6 100644
--- a/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml
+++ b/templates/electron/hxml/final.hxml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 --next
 -js ::OUTPUT_DIR::/bin/ElectronSetup.js
 -cp ::OUTPUT_DIR::/haxe
--lib electron
 -main ElectronSetup
 -dce full
 
diff --git a/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml b/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml
index ed219e174..402010fc1 100644
--- a/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml
+++ b/templates/electron/hxml/release.hxml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 --next
 -js ::OUTPUT_DIR::/bin/ElectronSetup.js
 -cp ::OUTPUT_DIR::/haxe
--lib electron
 -main ElectronSetup
 -dce full