diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 90cd1fe..ace69d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1269,7 +1269,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "insta",
  "log",
  "mockito",
- "nix",
  "openpnp_capture",
  "rand",
  "rerobots",
@@ -1746,15 +1745,6 @@ version = "2.7.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "78ca9ab1a0babb1e7d5695e3530886289c18cf2f87ec19a575a0abdce112e3a3"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "memoffset"
-version = "0.7.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5de893c32cde5f383baa4c04c5d6dbdd735cfd4a794b0debdb2bb1b421da5ff4"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "mime"
 version = "0.3.17"
@@ -1808,19 +1798,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_urlencoded",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "nix"
-version = "0.26.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "598beaf3cc6fdd9a5dfb1630c2800c7acd31df7aaf0f565796fba2b53ca1af1b"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "memoffset",
- "pin-utils",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "nom"
 version = "7.1.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6128e0b..8fc63c2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ futures = "0.3"
 home = "0.5.3"
 image = "0.24.6"
 log = "0.4"
-nix = "0.26"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 rerobots = "0.12"
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/src/api.rs b/src/api.rs
index c32b7a0..7632d64 100644
--- a/src/api.rs
+++ b/src/api.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 // limitations under the License.
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::process;
 use std::sync::{mpsc, Arc, Mutex};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
@@ -28,8 +29,6 @@ use awc::{
 
 use futures::stream::{SplitSink, StreamExt};
 
-use nix::{sys::signal, unistd};
-
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -1166,7 +1165,7 @@ impl HSAPIClient {
             std::fs::create_dir(&path)?
         }
         let path = path.join(format!("{}.pid", hscamera_id));
-        let pid = unistd::getpid();
+        let pid = process::id();
         std::fs::write(&path, pid.to_string())?;
 
         debug!("starting camera stream...");