diff --git a/src/lib/deskflow/App.h b/src/lib/deskflow/App.h
index 70b00d55d..9c8c2b095 100644
--- a/src/lib/deskflow/App.h
+++ b/src/lib/deskflow/App.h
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public:
   virtual void loadConfig() = 0;
   virtual bool loadConfig(const std::string &pathname) = 0;
   virtual const char *daemonInfo() const = 0;
-  virtual std::string configSection() const = 0;
 
   void setByeFunc(void (*bye)(int)) override
   {
diff --git a/src/lib/deskflow/ClientApp.h b/src/lib/deskflow/ClientApp.h
index c9dafbc9a..31bfe4872 100644
--- a/src/lib/deskflow/ClientApp.h
+++ b/src/lib/deskflow/ClientApp.h
@@ -48,15 +48,6 @@ public:
   int mainLoop() override;
   void startNode() override;
 
-  //
-  // App overrides
-  //
-
-  std::string configSection() const override
-  {
-    return "client";
-  }
-
   //
   // Regular functions
   //
diff --git a/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h b/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h
index 6978c4007..0503c94d0 100644
--- a/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h
+++ b/src/lib/deskflow/ServerApp.h
@@ -66,15 +66,6 @@ public:
   int start() override;
   void startNode() override;
 
-  //
-  // App overrides
-  //
-
-  std::string configSection() const override
-  {
-    return "server";
-  }
-
   //
   // Regular functions
   //
diff --git a/src/unittests/deskflow/CMakeLists.txt b/src/unittests/deskflow/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a778ea98..3da0200e2 100644
--- a/src/unittests/deskflow/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/unittests/deskflow/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,14 +56,6 @@ create_test(
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
   #this test does not work properly on windows / mac os
-  create_test(
-    NAME ServerAppTests
-    DEPENDS app
-    LIBS arch base
-    SOURCE ServerAppTests.cpp
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/lib/deskflow"
-  )
-
   create_test(
     NAME X11LayoutParserTests
     DEPENDS app
diff --git a/src/unittests/deskflow/ServerAppTests.cpp b/src/unittests/deskflow/ServerAppTests.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index e7f5b9cf4..000000000
--- a/src/unittests/deskflow/ServerAppTests.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Deskflow -- mouse and keyboard sharing utility
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Chris Rizzitello <sithlord48@gmail.com>
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2014 - 2016 Symless Ltd.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only WITH LicenseRef-OpenSSL-Exception
- */
-
-#include "ServerAppTests.h"
-
-#include "deskflow/ServerApp.h"
-
-void ServerAppTests::section()
-{
-  ServerApp app(nullptr);
-  QCOMPARE(app.configSection(), "server");
-}
-
-QTEST_MAIN(ServerAppTests)