diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon-impl.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon-impl.ts
index d2fe7d81b..16db90631 100644
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon-impl.ts
+++ b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/arduino-daemon-impl.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
 } from '@theia/core/lib/common/disposable';
 import { Event, Emitter } from '@theia/core/lib/common/event';
 import { deepClone } from '@theia/core/lib/common/objects';
-import { environment } from '@theia/application-package/lib/environment';
 import { EnvVariablesServer } from '@theia/core/lib/common/env-variables';
 import { BackendApplicationContribution } from '@theia/core/lib/node/backend-application';
 import { ArduinoDaemon, NotificationServiceServer } from '../common/protocol';
@@ -71,22 +70,6 @@ export class ArduinoDaemonImpl
       const cliPath = this.getExecPath();
       this.onData(`Starting daemon from ${cliPath}...`);
       const { daemon, port } = await this.spawnDaemonProcess();
-      // Watchdog process for terminating the daemon process when the backend app terminates.
-      spawn(
-        process.execPath,
-        [
-          join(__dirname, 'daemon-watcher.js'),
-          String(process.pid),
-          String(daemon.pid),
-        ],
-        {
-          env: environment.electron.runAsNodeEnv(),
-          detached: true,
-          stdio: 'ignore',
-          windowsHide: true,
-        }
-      ).unref();
-
       this.toDispose.pushAll([
         Disposable.create(() => {
           if (daemon.pid) {
@@ -173,10 +156,9 @@ export class ArduinoDaemonImpl
     const cliPath = this.getExecPath();
     const ready = new Deferred<{ daemon: ChildProcess; port: string }>();
     const options = {
-      shell: true,
       env: { ...deepClone(process.env), NO_COLOR: String(true) },
     };
-    const daemon = spawn(`"${cliPath}"`, args, options);
+    const daemon = spawn(cliPath, args, options);
 
     // If the process exists right after the daemon gRPC server has started (due to an invalid port, unknown address, TCP port in use, etc.)
     // we have no idea about the root cause unless we sniff into the first data package and dispatch the logic on that. Note, we get a exit code 1.
diff --git a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts b/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 842a4e2f2..000000000
--- a/arduino-ide-extension/src/node/daemon-watcher.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import psTree from 'ps-tree';
-import kill from 'tree-kill';
-const [theiaPid, daemonPid] = process.argv
-  .slice(2)
-  .map((id) => Number.parseInt(id, 10));
-
-setInterval(() => {
-  try {
-    // Throws an exception if the Theia process doesn't exist anymore.
-    process.kill(theiaPid, 0);
-  } catch {
-    psTree(daemonPid, function (_, children) {
-      for (const { PID } of children) {
-        const parsedPid = Number.parseInt(PID, 10);
-        if (!Number.isNaN(parsedPid)) {
-          kill(parsedPid);
-        }
-      }
-      kill(daemonPid, () => process.exit());
-    });
-  }
-}, 1000);