diff --git a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
index 6243fd12f..74c656b44 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/vapi-background.js
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ vAPI.app = {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
+vAPI.app.restart = function() {
+    chrome.runtime.reload();
+};
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
 vAPI.storage = chrome.storage.local;
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/platform/safari/vapi-background.js b/platform/safari/vapi-background.js
index 9a662f208..376bc33ae 100644
--- a/platform/safari/vapi-background.js
+++ b/platform/safari/vapi-background.js
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ vAPI.app = {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
+vAPI.app.restart = function() {
+};
+
+/******************************************************************************/
+
 // addContentScriptFromURL allows whitelisting,
 // so load sitepaching this way, instead of adding it to the Info.plist
 
diff --git a/src/js/messaging.js b/src/js/messaging.js
index 9ce437403..03ca7e718 100644
--- a/src/js/messaging.js
+++ b/src/js/messaging.js
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ var restoreUserData = function(userData) {
     var onCountdown = function() {
         countdown -= 1;
         if ( countdown === 0 ) {
-            µb.XAL.restart();
+            vAPI.app.restart();
         }
     };
 
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ var resetUserData = function() {
     µb.XAL.keyvalRemoveAll();
     // Keep global counts, people can become quite attached to numbers
     µBlock.saveLocalSettings();
-    µb.XAL.restart();
+    vAPI.app.restart();
 };
 
 /******************************************************************************/
diff --git a/src/js/xal.js b/src/js/xal.js
index 45fc67f82..6d3366b50 100644
--- a/src/js/xal.js
+++ b/src/js/xal.js
@@ -54,14 +54,6 @@ exports.keyvalRemoveAll = function(callback) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-exports.restart = function() {
-    if (vAPI.chrome) {
-        chrome.runtime.reload();
-    }
-};
-
-/******************************************************************************/
-
 return exports;
 
 /******************************************************************************/