diff --git a/platform/chromium/vapi-common.js b/platform/chromium/vapi-common.js
index cce22b2..81667db 100644
--- a/platform/chromium/vapi-common.js
+++ b/platform/chromium/vapi-common.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 // For background page or non-background pages
 
-/* global self, vAPI */
+/* global self */
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 self.vAPI = self.vAPI || {};
 
+var chrome = self.chrome;
+var vAPI = self.vAPI;
+
 /******************************************************************************/
 
 // http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-scripts#directions
@@ -70,8 +73,6 @@ vAPI.download = function(details) {
 
 /******************************************************************************/
 
-var chrome = self.chrome;
-
 vAPI.getURL = function(path) {
     return chrome.runtime.getURL(path);
 };