diff --git a/adb/libs/adbconnection/adbconnection_client.cpp b/adb/libs/adbconnection/adbconnection_client.cpp
index b569421db..c13234218 100644
--- a/adb/libs/adbconnection/adbconnection_client.cpp
+++ b/adb/libs/adbconnection/adbconnection_client.cpp
@@ -122,16 +122,7 @@ AdbConnectionClientContext* adbconnection_client_new(
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-  ctx->control_socket_.reset(socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0));
-  // TODO: find a better home for all these copies of the mac CLOEXEC workaround.
-  if (int fd = ctx->control_socket_.get(), flags = fcntl(fd, F_GETFD);
-      flags != -1 && (flags & FD_CLOEXEC) == 0) {
-    fcntl(fd, F_SETFD, flags | FD_CLOEXEC);
-  }
-#else
   ctx->control_socket_.reset(socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_SEQPACKET | SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0));
-#endif
   if (ctx->control_socket_ < 0) {
     PLOG(ERROR) << "failed to create Unix domain socket";
     return nullptr;