diff --git a/rust/windows-client/src-tauri/src/client/crash_handling.rs b/rust/windows-client/src-tauri/src/client/crash_handling.rs
index b5c49b9ef..c0f18da1d 100755
--- a/rust/windows-client/src-tauri/src/client/crash_handling.rs
+++ b/rust/windows-client/src-tauri/src/client/crash_handling.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ const SOCKET_NAME: &str = "dev.firezone.client.crash_handler";
 /// <https://github.com/EmbarkStudios/crash-handling/blob/main/minidumper/examples/diskwrite.rs>
 /// Linux has a special `set_ptracer` call that is handy
 /// MacOS needs a special `ping` call to flush messages inside the crash handler
-#[cfg(all(debug_assertions, target_os = "windows"))]
 pub(crate) fn attach_handler() -> Result<CrashHandler> {
     // Attempt to connect to the server
     let (client, _server) = start_server_and_connect()?;
@@ -39,11 +38,6 @@ pub(crate) fn attach_handler() -> Result<CrashHandler> {
     Ok(handler)
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(debug_assertions))]
-pub(crate) fn attach_handler() -> Result<CrashHandler> {
-    bail!("crash handling is disabled in release builds for now");
-}
-
 /// Main function for the server process, for out-of-process crash handling.
 ///
 /// The server process seems to be the preferred method,