diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/background-cli.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/background-cli.ts
index c61c2d6170..6d26ce9daf 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/background-cli.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/background-cli.ts
@@ -54,9 +54,6 @@ export async function startBackgroundCli(logger: Logger) {
     url,
     username: "opencode",
     password,
-    listener: {
-      stop: () => run(binary, ["service", "stop"], logger, { stateHome: daemonStateHome }).then(() => undefined),
-    },
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts b/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts
index b0c7404bac..9e2e05244a 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/main/index.ts
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ const main = Effect.gen(function* () {
     if (SIDECAR_VERSION === "v2") {
       logger.log("spawning v2 sidecar")
       const sidecar = yield* Effect.promise(() => startBackgroundCli(logger))
-      server = sidecar.listener
       yield* Deferred.succeed(serverReady, {
         url: sidecar.url,
         username: sidecar.username,