diff --git a/src/lib/arch/Arch.h b/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
index ddf24e896..d1d75da9c 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
+++ b/src/lib/arch/Arch.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "arch/win32/ArchMultithreadWindows.h"
 #include "arch/win32/ArchNetworkWinsock.h"
 #else
-#include "arch/ArchDaemonNone.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchLogUnix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchMultithreadPosix.h"
 #include "arch/unix/ArchNetworkBSD.h"
@@ -53,7 +52,11 @@ to each method to those implementations.  Clients should use the
 exactly one of these objects before attempting to call any method,
 typically at the beginning of \c main().
 */
+#if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
 class Arch : public ARCH_DAEMON, public ARCH_LOG, public ARCH_MULTITHREAD, public ARCH_NETWORK
+#else
+class Arch : public ARCH_LOG, public ARCH_MULTITHREAD, public ARCH_NETWORK
+#endif
 {
 public:
   Arch();
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/ArchDaemonNone.h b/src/lib/arch/ArchDaemonNone.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c8a7fd6b0..000000000
--- a/src/lib/arch/ArchDaemonNone.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +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
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "arch/IArchDaemon.h"
-
-#define ARCH_DAEMON ArchDaemonNone
-
-//! Dummy implementation of IArchDaemon
-/*!
-This class implements IArchDaemon for a platform that does not have daemons.
-The query functions return false, and \c daemonize() simply calls the passed
-function and returns its result.
-*/
-class ArchDaemonNone : public IArchDaemon
-{
-public:
-  ArchDaemonNone() = default;
-  ~ArchDaemonNone() override = default;
-
-  // IArchDaemon overrides
-  int daemonize(DaemonFunc const &func) override
-  {
-    // simply forward the call to func.  obviously, this doesn't
-    // do any daemonizing.
-    return func();
-  }
-  QString commandLine() const override
-  {
-    return {};
-  }
-};
diff --git a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d5004fb8..f5af8e1b3 100644
--- a/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/arch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ endif()
 add_library(arch STATIC ${PLATFORM_CODE}
   Arch.cpp
   Arch.h
-  ArchDaemonNone.h
   ArchException.h
   IArchDaemon.h
   IArchLog.h