diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b480cca..207e44c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "handlebars 2.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hotwatch 0.4.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "itertools 0.8.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
- "libc 0.2.66 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "log 0.4.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "percent-encoding 2.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.104 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4439aa4..885b928 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ handlebars = "2.0"
 hotwatch = "0.4"
 percent-encoding = "2.1"
 itertools = "0.8"
-libc = "0.2"
 log = "0.4"
 simple_logger = "1.3"
 clap = { version = "2.33", features = ["yaml", "wrap_help"] }
diff --git a/src/cli.yaml b/src/cli.yaml
index d564492..853be3f 100644
--- a/src/cli.yaml
+++ b/src/cli.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ args:
       multiple: true
       help: Decreases the log level to error or no logging at all, respectively.
       conflicts_with: "verbose"
-  - daemon:
-      short: "d"
-      long: "daemon"
-      help: "Run bunbun as a daemon."
   - config:
       short: "c"
       long: "config"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index fb52431..caf4fc2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-use actix_web::middleware::Logger;
-use actix_web::{App, HttpServer};
+use actix_web::{middleware::Logger, App, HttpServer};
 use clap::{crate_authors, crate_version, load_yaml, App as ClapApp};
 use error::BunBunError;
 use handlebars::Handlebars;
 use hotwatch::{Event, Hotwatch};
-use libc::daemon;
 use log::{debug, error, info, trace, warn};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::cmp::min;
@@ -53,15 +51,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), BunBunError> {
     groups: conf.groups,
   }));
 
-  // Daemonize after trying to read from config and before watching; allow user
-  // to see a bad config (daemon process sets std{in,out} to /dev/null)
-  if matches.is_present("daemon") {
-    unsafe {
-      debug!("Daemon flag provided. Running as a daemon.");
-      daemon(0, 0);
-    }
-  }
-
   let _watch = start_watch(state.clone(), conf_file_location)?;
 
   HttpServer::new(move || {