diff --git a/cmake/Libraries.cmake b/cmake/Libraries.cmake
index b229e340b..a4fc40417 100644
--- a/cmake/Libraries.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Libraries.cmake
@@ -82,12 +82,10 @@ macro(configure_unix_libs)
   include(CheckSymbolExists)
   include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
 
-  check_include_files(sys/select.h HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H)
   check_include_files(sys/socket.h HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H)
   check_include_files(sys/time.h HAVE_SYS_TIME_H)
   check_include_files(unistd.h HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 
-  check_function_exists(nanosleep HAVE_NANOSLEEP)
   check_function_exists(sigwait HAVE_POSIX_SIGWAIT)
   check_function_exists(inet_aton HAVE_INET_ATON)
 
@@ -157,9 +155,6 @@ macro(configure_unix_libs)
   # For config.h, set some static values; it may be a good idea to make these
   # values dynamic for non-standard UNIX compilers.
   set(HAVE_PTHREAD_SIGNAL 1)
-  set(SELECT_TYPE_ARG1 int)
-  set(SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 " (fd_set *)")
-  set(SELECT_TYPE_ARG5 " (struct timeval *)")
   set(TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME 1)
   set(HAVE_SOCKLEN_T 1)
 
diff --git a/src/lib/Config.h.in b/src/lib/Config.h.in
index 05bef1971..286d69e83 100644
--- a/src/lib/Config.h.in
+++ b/src/lib/Config.h.in
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@
 /* Define if you have the `inet_aton` function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_INET_ATON @HAVE_INET_ATON@
 
-/* Define if you have the `nanosleep` function. */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_NANOSLEEP @HAVE_NANOSLEEP@
-
 /* Define if you have a POSIX `sigwait` function. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_POSIX_SIGWAIT @HAVE_POSIX_SIGWAIT@
 
@@ -28,9 +25,6 @@
 /* Define if your compiler defines socklen_t. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SOCKLEN_T @HAVE_SOCKLEN_T@
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/select.h> header file. */
-#cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H @HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H@
-
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <sys/socket.h> header file. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H @HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H@
 
@@ -61,15 +55,6 @@
 /* Define this if the XKB extension is available. */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_XKB_EXTENSION @HAVE_XKB_EXTENSION@
 
-/* Define to the type of arg 1 for `select`. */
-#cmakedefine SELECT_TYPE_ARG1 @SELECT_TYPE_ARG1@
-
-/* Define to the type of args 2, 3 and 4 for `select`. */
-#cmakedefine SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 @SELECT_TYPE_ARG234@
-
-/* Define to the type of arg 5 for `select`. */
-#cmakedefine SELECT_TYPE_ARG5 @SELECT_TYPE_ARG5@
-
 /* Define to 1 if you can safely include both <sys/time.h> and <time.h>. */
 #cmakedefine TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME @TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME@
 
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/Arch.cpp b/src/lib/arch/Arch.cpp
index 2e648dbe8..976858309 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/Arch.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/arch/Arch.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 #include "arch/Arch.h"
 
+#include <thread>
+
 #if SYSAPI_WIN32
 #include "arch/win32/ArchMiscWindows.h"
 #endif
@@ -41,3 +43,12 @@ Arch *Arch::getInstance()
   assert(s_instance != nullptr);
   return s_instance;
 }
+
+void Arch::sleep(double timeout)
+{
+  ARCH->testCancelThread();
+  if (timeout < 0.0)
+    return;
+  const auto msec = static_cast<uint64_t>(timeout * 1000);
+  std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(msec));
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/Arch.h b/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
index 60990a93d..d7d174801 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 #include "arch/win32/ArchLogWindows.h"
 #include "arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h"
 #include "arch/win32/ArchNetworkWinsock.h"
-#include "arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.h"
 #include "arch/win32/ArchTimeWindows.h"
 
 #elif SYSAPI_UNIX
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@
 #include "arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchLogUnix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchNetworkBSD.h"
-#include "arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchTimeUnix.h"
 
 #if HAVE_PTHREAD
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ class Arch : public ARCH_DAEMON,
              public ARCH_LOG,
              public ARCH_MULTITHREAD,
              public ARCH_NETWORK,
-             public ARCH_SLEEP,
              public ArchString,
              public ARCH_TIME
 {
@@ -102,6 +99,12 @@ public:
     s_instance = s;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * @brief blocks calling thread for timout seconds
+   * @param timeout - blocking time in seconds. if < 0 not blocked if == 0 then caller yields the CPU
+   */
+  static void sleep(double timeout);
+
 private:
   static Arch *s_instance;
 };
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
index b7a441d52..9bcf7ac3e 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ if(WIN32)
     win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h
     win32/ArchNetworkWinsock.cpp
     win32/ArchNetworkWinsock.h
-    win32/ArchSleepWindows.cpp
-    win32/ArchSleepWindows.h
     win32/ArchTimeWindows.cpp
     win32/ArchTimeWindows.h
     win32/XArchWindows.cpp
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ elseif(UNIX)
     unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h
     unix/ArchNetworkBSD.cpp
     unix/ArchNetworkBSD.h
-    unix/ArchSleepUnix.cpp
-    unix/ArchSleepUnix.h
     unix/ArchTimeUnix.cpp
     unix/ArchTimeUnix.h
     unix/XArchUnix.cpp
@@ -52,7 +48,6 @@ add_library(arch STATIC ${PLATFORM_CODE}
   IArchLog.h
   IArchMultithread.h
   IArchNetwork.h
-  IArchSleep.h
   ArchString.cpp
   ArchString.h
   IArchTime.h
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/IArchSleep.h b/src/lib/arch/IArchSleep.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 44aaeb9d1..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/IArchSleep.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "common/IInterface.h"
-
-//! Interface for architecture dependent sleeping
-/*!
-This interface defines the sleep operations required by
-deskflow.  Each architecture must implement this interface.
-*/
-class IArchSleep : public IInterface
-{
-public:
-  //! @name manipulators
-  //@{
-
-  //! Sleep
-  /*!
-  Blocks the calling thread for \c timeout seconds.  If
-  \c timeout < 0.0 then the call returns immediately.  If \c timeout
-  == 0.0 then the calling thread yields the CPU.
-
-  (cancellation point)
-  */
-  virtual void sleep(double timeout) = 0;
-
-  //@}
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.cpp b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 54328ae69..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#include "arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.h"
-
-#include "arch/Arch.h"
-
-#if TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#include <time.h>
-#else
-#if HAVE_SYS_TIME_H
-#include <sys/time.h>
-#else
-#include <time.h>
-#endif
-#endif
-#if !HAVE_NANOSLEEP
-#if HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H
-#include <sys/select.h>
-#endif
-#if HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#endif
-#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
-#include <unistd.h>
-#endif
-#endif
-
-//
-// ArchSleepUnix
-//
-
-void ArchSleepUnix::sleep(double timeout)
-{
-  ARCH->testCancelThread();
-  if (timeout < 0.0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-#if HAVE_NANOSLEEP
-  // prep timeout
-  struct timespec t;
-  t.tv_sec = (long)timeout;
-  t.tv_nsec = (long)(1.0e+9 * (timeout - (double)t.tv_sec));
-
-  // wait
-  while (nanosleep(&t, &t) < 0)
-    ARCH->testCancelThread();
-#else
-  /* emulate nanosleep() with select() */
-  double startTime = ARCH->time();
-  double timeLeft = timeout;
-  while (timeLeft > 0.0) {
-    struct timeval timeout2;
-    timeout2.tv_sec = static_cast<int>(timeLeft);
-    timeout2.tv_usec = static_cast<int>(1.0e+6 * (timeLeft - timeout2.tv_sec));
-    select(
-        (SELECT_TYPE_ARG1)0, SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 nullptr, SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 nullptr, SELECT_TYPE_ARG234 nullptr,
-        SELECT_TYPE_ARG5 & timeout2
-    );
-    ARCH->testCancelThread();
-    timeLeft = timeout - (ARCH->time() - startTime);
-  }
-#endif
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.h b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 38bae8bcb..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchSleepUnix.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "arch/IArchSleep.h"
-
-#define ARCH_SLEEP ArchSleepUnix
-
-//! Unix implementation of IArchSleep
-class ArchSleepUnix : public IArchSleep
-{
-public:
-  ArchSleepUnix() = default;
-  ~ArchSleepUnix() override = default;
-
-  // IArchSleep overrides
-  void sleep(double timeout) override;
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.cpp b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d606ca93..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#include "arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.h"
-#include "arch/Arch.h"
-#include "arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h"
-
-//
-// ArchSleepWindows
-//
-
-void ArchSleepWindows::sleep(double timeout)
-{
-  ARCH->testCancelThread();
-  if (timeout < 0.0) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // get the cancel event from the current thread.  this only
-  // works if we're using the windows multithread object but
-  // this is windows so that's pretty certain;  we'll get a
-  // link error if we're not, though.
-  ArchMultithreadWindows *mt = ArchMultithreadWindows::getInstance();
-  if (mt != nullptr) {
-    HANDLE cancelEvent = mt->getCancelEventForCurrentThread();
-    WaitForSingleObject(cancelEvent, (DWORD)(1000.0 * timeout));
-    if (timeout == 0.0) {
-      Sleep(0);
-    }
-  } else {
-    Sleep((DWORD)(1000.0 * timeout));
-  }
-  ARCH->testCancelThread();
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.h b/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e0bf73a46..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/win32/ArchSleepWindows.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2012 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2002 Chris Schoeneman
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "arch/IArchSleep.h"
-
-#define ARCH_SLEEP ArchSleepWindows
-
-//! Win32 implementation of IArchSleep
-class ArchSleepWindows : public IArchSleep
-{
-public:
-  ArchSleepWindows() = default;
-  ~ArchSleepWindows() override = default;
-
-  // IArchSleep overrides
-  void sleep(double timeout) override;
-};