diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 951a384c..a615b88d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -676,11 +676,6 @@ server_destroy(void)
     /* libnetconf2 cleanup */
     nc_server_destroy();
 
-    /* UNIX socket can now be removed */
-    if (np2srv.unix_path) {
-        unlink(np2srv.unix_path);
-    }
-
     /* monitoring cleanup */
     ncm_destroy();