diff --git a/desktop/static/launcher.tsx b/desktop/static/launcher.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index abc597f51..000000000
--- a/desktop/static/launcher.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,100 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
- *
- * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
- *
- * @format
- */
-
-import os from 'os';
-import fs from 'fs';
-import path from 'path';
-import {spawn} from 'child_process';
-import xdg from 'xdg-basedir';
-import mkdirp from 'mkdirp';
-
-const isProduction = () =>
-  !/node_modules[\\/]electron[\\/]/.test(process.execPath);
-
-const isLauncherInstalled = async () => {
-  if (os.type() == 'Darwin') {
-    const receipt = 'com.facebook.flipper.launcher';
-    const plistLocation = '/Applications/Flipper.app/Contents/Info.plist';
-    try {
-      return (
-        (await fs.promises.stat(plistLocation)) &&
-        (await fs.promises.readFile(plistLocation)).indexOf(receipt) > 0
-      );
-    } catch (e) {
-      console.error('Error while reading Info.plist', e);
-      return false;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return false;
-};
-
-const startLauncher = (argv: {file?: string; url?: string}) => {
-  const args = [];
-  if (argv.file) {
-    args.push('--file', argv.file);
-  }
-  if (argv.url) {
-    args.push('--url', argv.url);
-  }
-  if (os.type() == 'Darwin') {
-    spawn('open', ['/Applications/Flipper.app', '--args'].concat(args));
-  }
-};
-
-const checkIsCycle = async () => {
-  const dir = path.join(xdg.cache!, 'flipper');
-  const filePath = path.join(dir, 'last-launcher-run');
-  // This isn't monotonically increasing, so there's a change we get time drift
-  // between the checks, but the worst case here is that we do two roundtrips
-  // before this check works.
-  const rightNow = Date.now();
-
-  let backThen;
-  try {
-    backThen = parseInt((await fs.promises.readFile(filePath)).toString(), 10);
-  } catch (e) {
-    backThen = 0;
-  }
-
-  const delta = rightNow - backThen;
-  await mkdirp(dir);
-  await fs.promises.writeFile(filePath, '' + rightNow);
-
-  // If the last startup was less than 5s ago, something's not okay.
-  return Math.abs(delta) < 5000;
-};
-
-/**
- * Runs the launcher if required and returns a boolean based on whether
- * it has. You should shut down this instance of the app in that case.
- */
-export default async function delegateToLauncher(argv: {
-  launcher: boolean;
-  file?: string;
-  url?: string;
-}) {
-  if (argv.launcher && isProduction() && (await isLauncherInstalled())) {
-    if (await checkIsCycle()) {
-      console.error(
-        'Launcher cycle detected. Not delegating even though I usually would.',
-      );
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    console.warn('Delegating to Flipper Launcher ...');
-    console.warn(
-      `You can disable this behavior by passing '--no-launcher' at startup.`,
-    );
-    startLauncher(argv);
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
-}
diff --git a/desktop/static/main.tsx b/desktop/static/main.tsx
index 6b872f636..96d34c4ef 100644
--- a/desktop/static/main.tsx
+++ b/desktop/static/main.tsx
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import fixPath from 'fix-path';
 import {exec} from 'child_process';
 import setup, {Config, configPath} from './setup';
 import isFB from './fb-stubs/isFB';
-import delegateToLauncher from './launcher';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 import {promisify} from 'util';
 import process from 'process';
@@ -174,58 +173,50 @@ app.on('ready', async () => {
   const config = await setup(argv);
   processConfig(config);
 
-  // If we delegate to the launcher, shut down this instance of the app.
-  delegateToLauncher(argv)
-    .then(async (hasLauncherInvoked: boolean) => {
-      if (hasLauncherInvoked) {
-        app.quit();
-        return;
-      }
-      appReady = true;
-      app.commandLine.appendSwitch('scroll-bounce');
-      configureSession();
-      createWindow(config);
+  appReady = true;
 
-      // if in development install the react devtools extension
-      if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-        const {
-          default: installExtension,
-          REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS,
-        } = require('electron-devtools-installer');
-        // if set, try to download a newever version of the dev tools
-        const forceDownload = process.env.FLIPPER_UPDATE_DEV_TOOLS === 'true';
-        if (forceDownload) {
-          console.log('Force updating DevTools');
-        }
-        // React
-        // Fix for extension loading (see D27685981)
-        // Work around per https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23662#issuecomment-787420799
-        const reactDevToolsPath = `${os.homedir()}/Library/Application Support/Electron/extensions/${
-          REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS.id
-        }`;
-        if (await promisify(fs.exists)(reactDevToolsPath)) {
-          console.log('Loading React devtools from disk ' + reactDevToolsPath);
-          try {
-            await session.defaultSession.loadExtension(
-              reactDevToolsPath,
-              // @ts-ignore only supported (and needed) in Electron 12
-              {allowFileAccess: true},
-            );
-          } catch (e) {
-            console.error('Failed to load React devtools from disk: ', e);
-          }
-        } else {
-          try {
-            await installExtension(REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS.id, {
-              loadExtensionOptions: {allowFileAccess: true, forceDownload},
-            });
-          } catch (e) {
-            console.error('Failed to install React devtools extension', e);
-          }
-        }
+  app.commandLine.appendSwitch('scroll-bounce');
+  configureSession();
+  createWindow(config);
+
+  // if in development install the react devtools extension
+  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+    const {
+      default: installExtension,
+      REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS,
+    } = require('electron-devtools-installer');
+    // if set, try to download a newever version of the dev tools
+    const forceDownload = process.env.FLIPPER_UPDATE_DEV_TOOLS === 'true';
+    if (forceDownload) {
+      console.log('Force updating DevTools');
+    }
+    // React
+    // Fix for extension loading (see D27685981)
+    // Work around per https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/23662#issuecomment-787420799
+    const reactDevToolsPath = `${os.homedir()}/Library/Application Support/Electron/extensions/${
+      REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS.id
+    }`;
+    if (await promisify(fs.exists)(reactDevToolsPath)) {
+      console.log('Loading React devtools from disk ' + reactDevToolsPath);
+      try {
+        await session.defaultSession.loadExtension(
+          reactDevToolsPath,
+          // @ts-ignore only supported (and needed) in Electron 12
+          {allowFileAccess: true},
+        );
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Failed to load React devtools from disk: ', e);
       }
-    })
-    .catch((e: any) => console.error('Error while delegating app launch', e));
+    } else {
+      try {
+        await installExtension(REACT_DEVELOPER_TOOLS.id, {
+          loadExtensionOptions: {allowFileAccess: true, forceDownload},
+        });
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.error('Failed to install React devtools extension', e);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 });
 
 app.on('web-contents-created', (_event, contents) => {