diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 64bd93315ff2..5242b7be96ab 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Change Log
    * The `PostProcessStageLibrary.createBlackAndWhiteStage` and `PostProcessStageLibrary.createSilhouetteStage` have per-feature support.
 
 ##### Fixes :wrench:
+* Fixed a bug that caused Cesium to be unable to load local resources in Electron. [#6726](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/6726)
 * Fixed a bug causing crashes with custom vertex attributes on `Geometry` crossing the IDL. Attributes will be barycentrically interpolated. [#6644](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/6644)
 * Fixed a bug causing Point Cloud tiles with unsigned int batch-ids to not load. [#6666](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/6666)
 * Fixed a bug with Draco encoded i3dm tiles, and loading two Draco models with the same url. [#6668](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/6668)
diff --git a/Source/Core/FeatureDetection.js b/Source/Core/FeatureDetection.js
index 4d6631556557..8f34384c782a 100644
--- a/Source/Core/FeatureDetection.js
+++ b/Source/Core/FeatureDetection.js
@@ -163,14 +163,6 @@ define([
         return isFirefox() && firefoxVersionResult;
     }
 
-    var isNodeJsResult;
-    function isNodeJs() {
-        if (!defined(isNodeJsResult)) {
-            isNodeJsResult = typeof process === 'object' && Object.prototype.toString.call(process) === '[object process]'; // eslint-disable-line
-        }
-        return isNodeJsResult;
-    }
-
     var hasPointerEvents;
     function supportsPointerEvents() {
         if (!defined(hasPointerEvents)) {
@@ -238,7 +230,6 @@ define([
         isFirefox : isFirefox,
         firefoxVersion : firefoxVersion,
         isWindows : isWindows,
-        isNodeJs: isNodeJs,
         hardwareConcurrency : defaultValue(theNavigator.hardwareConcurrency, 3),
         supportsPointerEvents : supportsPointerEvents,
         supportsImageRenderingPixelated: supportsImageRenderingPixelated,
diff --git a/Source/Core/Resource.js b/Source/Core/Resource.js
index 5fc104794dd4..264f0ab3a0d7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Resource.js
+++ b/Source/Core/Resource.js
@@ -1834,6 +1834,7 @@ define([
             }).end();
     }
 
+    var noXMLHttpRequest = typeof XMLHttpRequest === 'undefined';
     Resource._Implementations.loadWithXhr = function(url, responseType, method, data, headers, deferred, overrideMimeType) {
         var dataUriRegexResult = dataUriRegex.exec(url);
         if (dataUriRegexResult !== null) {
@@ -1841,7 +1842,7 @@ define([
             return;
         }
 
-        if (FeatureDetection.isNodeJs()) {
+        if (noXMLHttpRequest) {
             loadWithHttpRequest(url, responseType, method, data, headers, deferred, overrideMimeType);
             return;
         }
diff --git a/Specs/Core/FeatureDetectionSpec.js b/Specs/Core/FeatureDetectionSpec.js
index 869cccdf7aae..af0087a18f9c 100644
--- a/Specs/Core/FeatureDetectionSpec.js
+++ b/Specs/Core/FeatureDetectionSpec.js
@@ -115,8 +115,4 @@ defineSuite([
             expect(FeatureDetection.imageRenderingValue()).not.toBeDefined();
         }
     });
-
-    it('detects Node.js', function() {
-        expect(FeatureDetection.isNodeJs()).toBe(false);
-    });
 });