diff --git a/ts/updater/macos.ts b/ts/updater/macos.ts
index 754e2c452..527370d0b 100644
--- a/ts/updater/macos.ts
+++ b/ts/updater/macos.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 // Copyright 2019 Signal Messenger, LLC
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
-import { createReadStream, statSync } from 'fs';
-import type { IncomingMessage, Server, ServerResponse } from 'http';
-import { createServer } from 'http';
-import type { AddressInfo } from 'net';
-
-import { v4 as getGuid } from 'uuid';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'url';
 import { autoUpdater } from 'electron';
-import got from 'got';
 
 import { Updater } from './common';
 import { explodePromise } from '../util/explodePromise';
@@ -54,187 +48,22 @@ export class MacOSUpdater extends Updater {
     const { logger } = this;
     const { promise, resolve, reject } = explodePromise<void>();
 
-    const token = getGuid();
-    const updateFileUrl = generateFileUrl();
-    const server = createServer();
-    let serverUrl: string;
+    autoUpdater.on('error', (...args) => {
+      logger.error('autoUpdater: error', ...args.map(Errors.toLogFormat));
 
-    server.on('error', (error: Error) => {
-      logger.error(`handToAutoUpdate: ${Errors.toLogFormat(error)}`);
-      this.shutdown(server);
+      const [error] = args;
       reject(error);
     });
-
-    server.on(
-      'request',
-      (request: IncomingMessage, response: ServerResponse) => {
-        const { url } = request;
-
-        if (url === '/') {
-          const absoluteUrl = `${serverUrl}${updateFileUrl}`;
-          writeJSONResponse(absoluteUrl, response);
-
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (url === '/token') {
-          writeTokenResponse(token, response);
-
-          return;
-        }
-
-        if (!url || !url.startsWith(updateFileUrl)) {
-          this.logger.error(
-            `write404: Squirrel requested unexpected url '${url}'`
-          );
-          response.writeHead(404);
-          response.end();
-          return;
-        }
-
-        this.pipeUpdateToSquirrel(filePath, server, response, reject);
-      }
-    );
-
-    server.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', async () => {
-      try {
-        serverUrl = getServerUrl(server);
-
-        autoUpdater.on('error', (...args) => {
-          logger.error('autoUpdater: error', ...args.map(Errors.toLogFormat));
-
-          const [error] = args;
-          reject(error);
-        });
-        autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
-          logger.info('autoUpdater: update-downloaded event fired');
-          this.shutdown(server);
-          resolve();
-        });
-
-        const response = await got.get(`${serverUrl}/token`);
-        if (JSON.parse(response.body).token !== token) {
-          throw new Error(
-            'autoUpdater: did not receive token back from updates server'
-          );
-        }
-
-        autoUpdater.setFeedURL({
-          url: serverUrl,
-          headers: { 'Cache-Control': 'no-cache' },
-        });
-        autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
-      } catch (error) {
-        reject(error);
-      }
+    autoUpdater.on('update-downloaded', () => {
+      logger.info('autoUpdater: update-downloaded event fired');
+      resolve();
     });
 
+    autoUpdater.setFeedURL({
+      url: pathToFileURL(filePath).href,
+    });
+    autoUpdater.checkForUpdates();
+
     return promise;
   }
-
-  private pipeUpdateToSquirrel(
-    filePath: string,
-    server: Server,
-    response: ServerResponse,
-    reject: (error: Error) => void
-  ): void {
-    const { logger } = this;
-
-    const updateFileSize = getFileSize(filePath);
-    const readStream = createReadStream(filePath);
-
-    response.on('error', (error: Error) => {
-      logger.error(
-        `pipeUpdateToSquirrel: update file download request had an error ${Errors.toLogFormat(
-          error
-        )}`
-      );
-      this.shutdown(server);
-      reject(error);
-    });
-
-    readStream.on('error', (error: Error) => {
-      logger.error(
-        `pipeUpdateToSquirrel: read stream error response: ${Errors.toLogFormat(
-          error
-        )}`
-      );
-      this.shutdown(server, response);
-      reject(error);
-    });
-
-    response.writeHead(200, {
-      'Content-Type': 'application/zip',
-      'Content-Length': updateFileSize,
-    });
-
-    readStream.pipe(response);
-  }
-
-  private shutdown(server: Server, response?: ServerResponse): void {
-    const { logger } = this;
-
-    try {
-      if (server) {
-        server.close();
-      }
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.error(
-        `shutdown: Error closing server ${Errors.toLogFormat(error)}`
-      );
-    }
-
-    try {
-      if (response) {
-        response.end();
-      }
-    } catch (endError) {
-      logger.error(
-        `shutdown: couldn't end response ${Errors.toLogFormat(endError)}`
-      );
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-// Helpers
-
-function writeJSONResponse(url: string, response: ServerResponse) {
-  const data = Buffer.from(
-    JSON.stringify({
-      url,
-    })
-  );
-  response.writeHead(200, {
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    'Content-Length': data.byteLength,
-  });
-  response.end(data);
-}
-
-function writeTokenResponse(token: string, response: ServerResponse) {
-  const data = Buffer.from(
-    JSON.stringify({
-      token,
-    })
-  );
-  response.writeHead(200, {
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
-    'Content-Length': data.byteLength,
-  });
-  response.end(data);
-}
-
-function getServerUrl(server: Server) {
-  const address = server.address() as AddressInfo;
-
-  return `http://127.0.0.1:${address.port}`;
-}
-function generateFileUrl(): string {
-  return `/${getGuid()}.zip`;
-}
-
-function getFileSize(targetPath: string): number {
-  const { size } = statSync(targetPath);
-
-  return size;
 }