diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index 90af4c35..72956582 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -315,12 +315,6 @@ void CCompositor::cleanup() {
     m_pLastFocus  = nullptr;
     m_pLastWindow = nullptr;
 
-    // accumulate all PIDs for killing, also request closing.
-    for (auto& w : m_vWindows) {
-        if (w->m_bIsMapped && !w->isHidden())
-            m_dProcessPIDsOnShutdown.push_back(w->getPID());
-    }
-
     // end threads
     g_pEventManager->m_tThread = std::thread();
 
@@ -346,9 +340,6 @@ void CCompositor::cleanup() {
     wl_display_terminate(m_sWLDisplay);
 
     m_sWLDisplay = nullptr;
-
-    g_pKeybindManager->spawn("sleep 5 && kill -9 " + std::to_string(m_iHyprlandPID)); // this is to prevent that random "freezing"
-                                                                                      // the PID should not be reused.
 }
 
 void CCompositor::initManagers(eManagersInitStage stage) {
diff --git a/src/Compositor.hpp b/src/Compositor.hpp
index 68c9ecc9..7bae7672 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.hpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.hpp
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
 #include "hyprerror/HyprError.hpp"
 #include "plugins/PluginSystem.hpp"
 
-enum eManagersInitStage
-{
+enum eManagersInitStage {
     STAGE_PRIORITY = 0,
     STAGE_LATE
 };
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ class CCompositor {
     bool                                      m_bDPMSStateON    = true;
     bool                                      m_bUnsafeState    = false; // unsafe state is when there is no monitors.
     bool                                      m_bIsShuttingDown = false;
-    std::deque<uint64_t>                      m_dProcessPIDsOnShutdown; // stores PIDs of apps to kill later when shutting down
 
     // ------------------------------------------------- //
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 50a69937..669ece50 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     if (g_pCompositor->m_sWLDisplay)
         wl_display_destroy_clients(g_pCompositor->m_sWLDisplay);
 
-    // kill all clients
-    for (auto& c : g_pCompositor->m_dProcessPIDsOnShutdown)
-        kill(c, SIGKILL);
-
     if (g_pCompositor->m_sWLDisplay)
         wl_display_destroy(g_pCompositor->m_sWLDisplay);