diff --git a/app/session.js b/app/session.js
index 13399b3c..8ce1ba55 100644
--- a/app/session.js
+++ b/app/session.js
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@ module.exports = class Session extends EventEmitter {
       TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: version
     }, envFromConfig);
 
+    // Electron has a default value for process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY
+    // We don't want to leak this to the shell
+    // See https://github.com/zeit/hyper/issues/696
+    if (baseEnv.GOOGLE_API_KEY && process.env.GOOGLE_API_KEY === baseEnv.GOOGLE_API_KEY) {
+      delete baseEnv.GOOGLE_API_KEY;
+    }
+
     const decoder = new StringDecoder('utf8');
 
     const defaultShellArgs = ['--login'];