diff --git a/config/gni/all_devtools_files.gni b/config/gni/all_devtools_files.gni
index 62877ca2cf..acec9ac814 100644
--- a/config/gni/all_devtools_files.gni
+++ b/config/gni/all_devtools_files.gni
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ all_devtools_files = [
   "front_end/legacy_test_runner/layers_test_runner/layers_test_runner.js",
   "front_end/panels/layer_viewer/module.json",
   "front_end/panels/layers/module.json",
-  "front_end/entrypoints/main/module.json",
   "front_end/panels/media/module.json",
   "front_end/entrypoints/ndb_app/ndb_app.json",
   "front_end/legacy_test_runner/network_test_runner/network_test_runner.js",
diff --git a/front_end/entrypoints/main/main-meta.ts b/front_end/entrypoints/main/main-meta.ts
index 330174eccc..d241ad37fc 100644
--- a/front_end/entrypoints/main/main-meta.ts
+++ b/front_end/entrypoints/main/main-meta.ts
@@ -223,8 +223,6 @@ let loadedInspectorMainModule: (typeof InspectorMain|undefined);
 
 async function loadMainModule(): Promise<typeof Main> {
   if (!loadedMainModule) {
-    // Side-effect import resources in module.json
-    await Root.Runtime.Runtime.instance().loadModulePromise('entrypoints/main');
     loadedMainModule = await import('./main.js');
   }
   return loadedMainModule;
diff --git a/front_end/entrypoints/main/module.json b/front_end/entrypoints/main/module.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cf13a6aadd..0000000000
--- a/front_end/entrypoints/main/module.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dependencies": [
-    "ui/legacy"
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.js b/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.js
index 19d6e912b1..a73a9e05ef 100644
--- a/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.js
+++ b/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.js
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@ import '../../models/persistence/persistence-legacy.js';
 import '../../models/extensions/extensions-legacy.js';
 
 import './shell-meta-files.js';
+import '../main/main.js';
 // We generate the descriptors in this file, which depend on the runtime.
diff --git a/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.json b/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.json
index 9b69e73673..7367a73a35 100644
--- a/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.json
+++ b/front_end/entrypoints/shell/shell.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "modules": [
-    { "name": "entrypoints/main", "type": "autostart" },
     { "name": "ui/legacy", "type": "autostart" },
     { "name": "ui/legacy/components/text_editor", "type": "autostart" },
     { "name": "ui/legacy/components/source_frame", "type": "autostart" },