diff --git a/src/lib/arch/Arch.h b/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
index bd014cf92..e5b2a440e 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
 #elif SYSAPI_UNIX
 
-#include "arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.h"
+#include "arch/ArchDaemonNone.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchLogUnix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchNetworkBSD.h"
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f8cf3ee4..8c07b20ac 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ if(WIN32)
 
 elseif(UNIX)
   set(PLATFORM_CODE
-    unix/ArchDaemonUnix.cpp
-    unix/ArchDaemonUnix.h
     unix/ArchLogUnix.cpp
     unix/ArchLogUnix.h
     unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.cpp
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.cpp b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 673b2468c..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Deskflow Developers
- * 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/ArchDaemonUnix.h"
-
-#include "arch/ArchException.h"
-#include "arch/unix/XArchUnix.h"
-#include "base/Log.h"
-
-#include <cstdlib>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#include <QString>
-//
-// ArchDaemonUnix
-//
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-
-// In Mac OS X, fork()'d child processes can't use most APIs (the frameworks
-// that Deskflow uses in fact prevent it and make the process just up and die),
-// so need to exec a copy of the program that doesn't fork so isn't limited.
-int execSelfNonDaemonized()
-{
-  extern char **NXArgv;
-  char **selfArgv = NXArgv;
-
-  setenv("_DESKFLOW_DAEMONIZED", "", 1);
-
-  execvp(selfArgv[0], selfArgv);
-  return 0;
-}
-
-bool alreadyDaemonized()
-{
-  return std::getenv("_DESKFLOW_DAEMONIZED") != nullptr;
-}
-
-#endif
-
-int ArchDaemonUnix::daemonize(DaemonFunc const &func)
-{
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-  if (alreadyDaemonized()) {
-    return func();
-  }
-#endif
-
-  // fork so shell thinks we're done and so we're not a process
-  // group leader
-  switch (fork()) {
-  case -1:
-    // failed
-    throw ArchDaemonFailedException(errorToString(errno));
-
-  case 0:
-    // child
-    break;
-
-  default:
-    // parent exits
-    exit(0);
-  }
-
-  // become leader of a new session
-  setsid();
-
-#ifndef __APPLE__
-  // NB: don't run chdir on apple; causes strange behaviour.
-  // chdir to root so we don't keep mounted filesystems points busy
-  // TODO: this is a bit of a hack - can we find a better solution?
-  if (int chdirErr = chdir("/"); chdirErr)
-    // NB: file logging actually isn't working at this point!
-    LOG_ERR("chdir error: %i", chdirErr);
-#endif
-
-  // mask off permissions for any but owner
-  umask(077);
-
-  // close open files.  we only expect stdin, stdout, stderr to be open.
-  close(0);
-  close(1);
-  close(2);
-
-  // attach file descriptors 0, 1, 2 to /dev/null so inadvertent use
-  // of standard I/O safely goes in the bit bucket.
-  open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
-  open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
-
-  if (int dupErr = dup(1); dupErr < 0) {
-    // NB: file logging actually isn't working at this point!
-    LOG_ERR("dup error: %i", dupErr);
-  }
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-  return execSelfNonDaemonized();
-#endif
-
-  // invoke function
-  return func();
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.h b/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 802dde344..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/unix/ArchDaemonUnix.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +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/ArchDaemonNone.h"
-
-#undef ARCH_DAEMON
-#define ARCH_DAEMON ArchDaemonUnix
-
-//! Unix implementation of IArchDaemon
-class ArchDaemonUnix : public ArchDaemonNone
-{
-public:
-  ArchDaemonUnix() = default;
-  ~ArchDaemonUnix() override = default;
-
-  // IArchDaemon overrides
-  int daemonize(DaemonFunc const &func) override;
-};