diff --git a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs
index 6d994ebb9..6146da92c 100644
--- a/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs
+++ b/rust/gui-client/src-tauri/src/client/gui.rs
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ pub(crate) fn run(cli: client::Cli) -> Result<(), Error> {
                         Ok(Ok(_)) => 0,
                     };
 
-                    cleanup();
                     tracing::info!(?exit_code);
                     app_handle.exit(exit_code);
                 });
@@ -311,13 +310,6 @@ pub(crate) fn run(cli: client::Cli) -> Result<(), Error> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-/// Best-effort cleanup of things like DNS control before graceful exit
-fn cleanup() {
-    // Do this redundant deactivation because `Tun` will not automatically Drop before
-    // the process exits
-    connlib_shared::deactivate_dns_control().ok();
-}
-
 /// Runs a smoke test and then asks Controller to exit gracefully
 ///
 /// You can purposely fail this test by deleting the exported zip file during