diff --git a/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 10d1a88be..342d57eaf 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ add_library(${target} STATIC
   dialogs/SettingsDialog.ui
   ipc/DaemonIpcClient.cpp
   ipc/DaemonIpcClient.h
-  tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
-  tls/TlsCertificate.h
   tls/TlsUtility.cpp
   tls/TlsUtility.h
   validators/AliasValidator.cpp
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index daa793c67..000000000
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Deskflow Developers
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2015 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#include "TlsCertificate.h"
-
-#include "common/Settings.h"
-#include "net/Fingerprint.h"
-#include "net/FingerprintDatabase.h"
-#include "net/SecureUtils.h"
-
-#include <QDir>
-
-TlsCertificate::TlsCertificate(QObject *parent) : QObject(parent)
-{
-  // do nothing
-}
-
-bool TlsCertificate::generateCertificate(const QString &path, int keyLength) const
-{
-  qDebug("generating tls certificate: %s", qUtf8Printable(path));
-
-  QFileInfo info(path);
-  if (QDir dir(info.absolutePath()); !dir.exists() && !dir.mkpath(".")) {
-    qCritical("failed to create directory for tls certificate");
-    return false;
-  }
-
-  try {
-    deskflow::generatePemSelfSignedCert(path.toStdString(), keyLength);
-  } catch (const std::exception &e) {
-    qCritical() << "failed to generate self-signed pem cert: " << e.what();
-    return false;
-  }
-  qDebug("tls certificate generated");
-  return true;
-}
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e5cc2f7c..000000000
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsCertificate.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Deskflow Developers
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2015 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <QObject>
-
-class TlsCertificate : public QObject
-{
-  Q_OBJECT
-
-public:
-  explicit TlsCertificate(QObject *parent = nullptr);
-
-  bool generateCertificate(const QString &path, int keyLength) const;
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.cpp b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.cpp
index 47025d4e3..1249a1368 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #include "TlsUtility.h"
 
-#include "TlsCertificate.h"
 #include "common/Settings.h"
 #include "net/SecureUtils.h"
 
diff --git a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.h b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.h
index e99df6d8e..4b3e70703 100644
--- a/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.h
+++ b/src/lib/gui/tls/TlsUtility.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#include "TlsCertificate.h"
 #include <common/Settings.h>
 
 #include <QObject>