diff --git a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs
index 2b79c3946aea32d3be9d20220f8d823ad302f36c..695e9798f278ef5bde8901dc3c9873a1a2d98c4d 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/src/platform/linux/platform.rs
@@ -181,19 +181,12 @@ impl<P: LinuxClient + 'static> Platform for P {
         log::info!("Restarting process, using app path: {:?}", app_path);
 
         // Script to wait for the current process to exit and then restart the app.
-        // We also wait for possibly open TCP sockets by the process to be closed,
-        // since on Linux it's not guaranteed that a process' resources have been
-        // cleaned up when `kill -0` returns.
         let script = format!(
             r#"
             while kill -0 {pid} 2>/dev/null; do
                 sleep 0.1
             done
 
-            while lsof -nP -iTCP -a -p {pid} 2>/dev/null; do
-                sleep 0.1
-            done
-
             {app_path}
             "#,
             pid = app_pid,