diff --git a/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md b/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
index 1627a2137..cee2b0afe 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/ui/desktop/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 Canonical reference for changes, improvements, and bugfixes for Boundary Desktop.
 
 
+## Next
+
+### Changes/Deprecations
+
+- Boundary origin validation now occurs via Electron's built-in net request module, ensuring the validation request is made via chromium's networking library rather than Node's.  ([PR](https://github.com/hashicorp/boundary-ui/pull/480))
+
 ## v1.0.0-alpha (2021.02.16)
 
 v1.0.0-alpha is the first release of Boundary Desktop. As a result there are no changes, improvements, or bugfixes from past versions.
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json b/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json
index 69caf84b0..931719eb8 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/package.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     "forge": "config/forge.config.js"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "axios": "^0.21.1",
     "electron-devtools-installer": "^3.1.1",
     "electron-is-dev": "^1.2.0",
     "electron-squirrel-startup": "^1.0.0",
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/origin.js b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/origin.js
index 7d85e4466..cdb640cd2 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/origin.js
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/src/origin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
-const axios = require('axios');
+const { net } = require('electron')
+
+const requestTimeoutSeconds = 10;
+// Simple promise wrapper around Electron's net.request feature.
+// https://www.electronjs.org/docs/api/client-request
+const netRequestPromise = url => new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+  try {
+    const request = net.request(url);
+    // We don't worry about canceling the request timeout timer once a
+    // request ends because:  request.abort() has no effect after a request
+    // ends and the promise will already have been completed, so a rejection
+    // has no effect either.
+    const requestTimeout =
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        request.abort();
+        reject(new Error('Request timeout'));
+      }, requestTimeoutSeconds * 1000);
+    request.on('error', reject);
+    request.on('response', resolve);
+    request.end();
+  } catch (e) {
+    reject(e);
+  }
+});
 
 // Provides a singleton class instance to enable a consistent view of
 // runtime settings across the application.
@@ -34,7 +57,7 @@ class RuntimeSettings {
     // test to see if the origin is API-compatible with the desktop client.
     const scopesEndpoint = `${origin}/v1/scopes`;
     try {
-      await axios.get(scopesEndpoint)
+      await netRequestPromise(scopesEndpoint);
     } catch (e) {
       throw new Error(`Origin ${origin} could not be validated.`);
     }
diff --git a/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock b/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock
index f885d02d3..b33789d73 100644
--- a/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock
+++ b/ui/desktop/electron-app/yarn.lock
@@ -494,13 +494,6 @@ aws4@^1.8.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/aws4/-/aws4-1.11.0.tgz#d61f46d83b2519250e2784daf5b09479a8b41c59"
   integrity sha512-xh1Rl34h6Fi1DC2WWKfxUTVqRsNnr6LsKz2+hfwDxQJWmrx8+c7ylaqBMcHfl1U1r2dsifOvKX3LQuLNZ+XSvA==
 
-axios@^0.21.1:
-  version "0.21.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/axios/-/axios-0.21.1.tgz#22563481962f4d6bde9a76d516ef0e5d3c09b2b8"
-  integrity sha512-dKQiRHxGD9PPRIUNIWvZhPTPpl1rf/OxTYKsqKUDjBwYylTvV7SjSHJb9ratfyzM6wCdLCOYLzs73qpg5c4iGA==
-  dependencies:
-    follow-redirects "^1.10.0"
-
 balanced-match@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/balanced-match/-/balanced-match-1.0.0.tgz#89b4d199ab2bee49de164ea02b89ce462d71b767"
@@ -1335,11 +1328,6 @@ fmix@^0.1.0:
   dependencies:
     imul "^1.0.0"
 
-follow-redirects@^1.10.0:
-  version "1.13.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/follow-redirects/-/follow-redirects-1.13.1.tgz#5f69b813376cee4fd0474a3aba835df04ab763b7"
-  integrity sha512-SSG5xmZh1mkPGyKzjZP8zLjltIfpW32Y5QpdNJyjcfGxK3qo3NDDkZOZSFiGn1A6SclQxY9GzEwAHQ3dmYRWpg==
-
 forever-agent@~0.6.1:
   version "0.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/forever-agent/-/forever-agent-0.6.1.tgz#fbc71f0c41adeb37f96c577ad1ed42d8fdacca91"