diff --git a/include/swaybar/bar.h b/include/swaybar/bar.h
index 9f5bf400..010e1f84 100644
--- a/include/swaybar/bar.h
+++ b/include/swaybar/bar.h
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ struct bar {
 	int ipc_socketfd;
 	int status_read_fd;
 	pid_t status_command_pid;
-#ifdef ENABLE_TRAY
-	pid_t xembed_pid;
-#endif
 };
 
 struct output {
diff --git a/swaybar/bar.c b/swaybar/bar.c
index 5d480b63..5e87eac9 100644
--- a/swaybar/bar.c
+++ b/swaybar/bar.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ static void bar_init(struct bar *bar) {
 	bar->config = init_config();
 	bar->status = init_status_line();
 	bar->outputs = create_list();
-#ifdef ENABLE_TRAY
-	bar->xembed_pid = 0;
-#endif
 }
 
 static void spawn_status_cmd_proc(struct bar *bar) {
@@ -252,8 +249,6 @@ void bar_run(struct bar *bar) {
 
 		event_loop_poll();
 #ifdef ENABLE_TRAY
-		tray_upkeep(bar);
-
 		dispatch_dbus();
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/swaybar/tray/tray.c b/swaybar/tray/tray.c
index b2fa647e..00f1a44f 100644
--- a/swaybar/tray/tray.c
+++ b/swaybar/tray/tray.c
@@ -379,19 +379,6 @@ uint32_t tray_render(struct output *output, struct config *config) {
 	return tray_width;
 }
 
-void tray_upkeep(struct bar *bar) {
-	if (!bar->xembed_pid ||
-			(bar->xembed_pid == waitpid(bar->xembed_pid, NULL, WNOHANG))) {
-		pid_t pid = fork();
-		if (pid == 0) {
-			execlp("xembedsniproxy", "xembedsniproxy", NULL);
-			_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-		} else {
-			bar->xembed_pid = pid;
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 void init_tray(struct bar *bar) {
 	if (!bar->config->tray_output || strcmp(bar->config->tray_output, "none") != 0) {
 		/* Connect to the D-Bus */
@@ -402,8 +389,5 @@ void init_tray(struct bar *bar) {
 
 		/* Start the SNI host */
 		init_host();
-
-		/* Start xembedsniproxy */
-		tray_upkeep(bar);
 	}
 }