diff --git a/lib/atom-build.js b/lib/atom-build.js
index ec70bf41..2dc4b5b5 100644
--- a/lib/atom-build.js
+++ b/lib/atom-build.js
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import EventEmitter from 'events';
 
 function getConfig(file) {
   const fs = require('fs');
+  const module = require('module');
   const realFile = fs.realpathSync(file);
-  delete require.cache[realFile];
   switch (require('path').extname(file)) {
     case '.json':
     case '.js':
-      return require(realFile);
+      delete module._cache[realFile];
+      return module._load(realFile, null, false);
 
     case '.cson':
       return require('cson-parser').parse(fs.readFileSync(realFile));