diff --git a/app/src/command.c b/app/src/command.c
index b5bb9572..b8340ecc 100644
--- a/app/src/command.c
+++ b/app/src/command.c
@@ -135,11 +135,6 @@ process_t adb_install(const char *serial, const char *local) {
     return proc;
 }
 
-process_t adb_remove_path(const char *serial, const char *path) {
-    const char *const adb_cmd[] = {"shell", "rm", path};
-    return adb_execute(serial, adb_cmd, ARRAY_LEN(adb_cmd));
-}
-
 SDL_bool process_check_success(process_t proc, const char *name) {
     if (proc == PROCESS_NONE) {
         LOGE("Could not execute \"%s\"", name);
diff --git a/app/src/command.h b/app/src/command.h
index 3e0fcca6..98b3a881 100644
--- a/app/src/command.h
+++ b/app/src/command.h
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ process_t adb_reverse(const char *serial, const char *device_socket_name, uint16
 process_t adb_reverse_remove(const char *serial, const char *device_socket_name);
 process_t adb_push(const char *serial, const char *local, const char *remote);
 process_t adb_install(const char *serial, const char *local);
-process_t adb_remove_path(const char *serial, const char *path);
 
 // convenience function to wait for a successful process execution
 // automatically log process errors with the provided process name
diff --git a/app/src/server.c b/app/src/server.c
index 31bf64de..7835e716 100644
--- a/app/src/server.c
+++ b/app/src/server.c
@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@ static SDL_bool push_server(const char *serial) {
     return process_check_success(process, "adb push");
 }
 
-static SDL_bool remove_server(const char *serial) {
-    process_t process = adb_remove_path(serial, DEVICE_SERVER_PATH);
-    return process_check_success(process, "adb shell rm");
-}
-
 static SDL_bool enable_tunnel_reverse(const char *serial, Uint16 local_port) {
     process_t process = adb_reverse(serial, SOCKET_NAME, local_port);
     return process_check_success(process, "adb reverse");
@@ -167,8 +162,6 @@ SDL_bool server_start(struct server *server, const char *serial,
         return SDL_FALSE;
     }
 
-    server->server_copied_to_device = SDL_TRUE;
-
     if (!enable_tunnel(server)) {
         SDL_free((void *) server->serial);
         return SDL_FALSE;
@@ -229,10 +222,6 @@ socket_t server_connect_to(struct server *server) {
         close_socket(&server->server_socket);
     }
 
-    // the server is started, we can clean up the jar from the temporary folder
-    remove_server(server->serial); // ignore failure
-    server->server_copied_to_device = SDL_FALSE;
-
     // we don't need the adb tunnel anymore
     disable_tunnel(server); // ignore failure
     server->tunnel_enabled = SDL_FALSE;
@@ -254,10 +243,6 @@ void server_stop(struct server *server) {
         // ignore failure
         disable_tunnel(server);
     }
-
-    if (server->server_copied_to_device) {
-        remove_server(server->serial); // ignore failure
-    }
 }
 
 void server_destroy(struct server *server) {
diff --git a/app/src/server.h b/app/src/server.h
index 19594c03..b9835e13 100644
--- a/app/src/server.h
+++ b/app/src/server.h
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ struct server {
     SDL_bool tunnel_enabled;
     SDL_bool tunnel_forward; // use "adb forward" instead of "adb reverse"
     SDL_bool send_frame_meta; // request frame PTS to be able to record properly
-    SDL_bool server_copied_to_device;
 };
 
 #define SERVER_INITIALIZER {              \
@@ -25,7 +24,6 @@ struct server {
     .tunnel_enabled = SDL_FALSE,          \
     .tunnel_forward = SDL_FALSE,          \
     .send_frame_meta = SDL_FALSE,         \
-    .server_copied_to_device = SDL_FALSE, \
 }
 
 // init default values
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
index 0dabb69f..fb2ba461 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/Server.java
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ package com.genymobile.scrcpy;
 
 import android.graphics.Rect;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public final class Server {
 
+    private static final String SERVER_PATH = "/data/local/tmp/scrcpy-server.jar";
+
     private Server() {
         // not instantiable
     }
@@ -86,6 +89,14 @@ public final class Server {
         return new Rect(x, y, x + width, y + height);
     }
 
+    private static void unlinkSelf() {
+        try {
+            new File(SERVER_PATH).delete();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Ln.e("Cannot unlink server", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
         Thread.setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler(new Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
             @Override
@@ -94,6 +105,7 @@ public final class Server {
             }
         });
 
+        unlinkSelf();
         Options options = createOptions(args);
         scrcpy(options);
     }