diff --git a/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/Transport/UnixRpcTransport.cs b/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/Transport/UnixRpcTransport.cs
index 064ce375d..17da51444 100644
--- a/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/Transport/UnixRpcTransport.cs
+++ b/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/Transport/UnixRpcTransport.cs
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Dalamud.Logging.Internal;
 using Dalamud.Utility;
 
-using TerraFX.Interop.Windows;
-
 namespace Dalamud.Networking.Rpc.Transport;
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -94,13 +92,6 @@ internal class UnixRpcTransport : IRpcTransport
         }
 
         this.acceptLoopTask = Task.Factory.StartNew(this.AcceptLoopAsync, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning);
-
-        // note: needs to be run _after_ we're alive so that we don't delete our own socket.
-        // TODO: This should *probably* be handed by the launcher instead.
-        if (this.cleanupSocketDirectory != null)
-        {
-            Task.Run(async () => await UnixSocketUtil.CleanStaleSockets(this.cleanupSocketDirectory));
-        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>Invoke an RPC request on a specific client expecting a result.</summary>
diff --git a/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/UnixSocketUtil.cs b/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/UnixSocketUtil.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index b7500a946..000000000
--- a/Dalamud/Networking/Rpc/UnixSocketUtil.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-using System.IO;
-using System.Net.Sockets;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
-using Serilog;
-
-namespace Dalamud.Networking.Rpc;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// A set of utilities to help manage Unix sockets.
-/// </summary>
-internal static class UnixSocketUtil
-{
-    // Default probe timeout in milliseconds.
-    private const int DefaultProbeMs = 200;
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Test whether a Unix socket is alive/listening.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="path">The path to test.</param>
-    /// <param name="timeoutMs">How long to wait for a connection success.</param>
-    /// <returns>A task result representing if a socket is alive or not.</returns>
-    public static async Task<bool> IsSocketAlive(string path, int timeoutMs = DefaultProbeMs)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(path)) return false;
-        var endpoint = new UnixDomainSocketEndPoint(path);
-        using var client = new Socket(AddressFamily.Unix, SocketType.Stream, ProtocolType.Unspecified);
-
-        var connectTask = client.ConnectAsync(endpoint);
-        var completed = await Task.WhenAny(connectTask, Task.Delay(timeoutMs)).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-        if (completed == connectTask)
-        {
-            // Connected or failed very quickly. If the task is successful, the socket is alive.
-            if (connectTask.IsCompletedSuccessfully)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    client.Shutdown(SocketShutdown.Both);
-                }
-                catch
-                {
-                    // ignored
-                }
-
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return false;
-    }
-
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Find and remove stale Dalamud RPC sockets.
-    /// </summary>
-    /// <param name="directory">The directory to scan for stale sockets.</param>
-    /// <param name="probeTimeoutMs">The timeout to wait for a connection attempt to succeed.</param>
-    /// <returns>A task that executes when sockets are purged.</returns>
-    public static async Task CleanStaleSockets(string directory, int probeTimeoutMs = DefaultProbeMs)
-    {
-        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(directory) || !Directory.Exists(directory)) return;
-
-        foreach (var file in Directory.EnumerateFiles(directory, "DalamudRPC.*.sock", SearchOption.TopDirectoryOnly))
-        {
-            // we don't need to check ourselves.
-            if (file.Contains(Environment.ProcessId.ToString())) continue;
-
-            bool shouldDelete;
-
-            try
-            {
-                shouldDelete = !await IsSocketAlive(file, probeTimeoutMs);
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                shouldDelete = true;
-            }
-
-            if (shouldDelete)
-            {
-                try
-                {
-                    File.Delete(file);
-                }
-                catch (Exception ex)
-                {
-                    Log.Error(ex, "Could not delete stale socket file: {File}", file);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}