diff --git a/pkg/remotedialer/client_windows.go b/pkg/remotedialer/client_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index b64a82de1..000000000
--- a/pkg/remotedialer/client_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-package remotedialer
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-	"strings"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
-	"github.com/rancher/rancher/pkg/rkenodeconfigclient"
-	"github.com/rancher/rancher/pkg/rkeworker"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
-)
-
-func ClientConnectWhileWindows(ctx context.Context, wsURL string, headers http.Header, dialer *websocket.Dialer, auth ConnectAuthorizer, blockingOnConnect func(context.Context) error) int64 {
-	if err := connectToProxyWhileWindows(ctx, wsURL, headers, auth, dialer, blockingOnConnect); err != nil {
-		errMsg := err.Error()
-
-		switch err {
-		case websocket.ErrBadHandshake:
-			return 403
-		case rkeworker.ErrHyperKubePSScriptAgentRetry:
-			logrus.Warn("This connection try to touch proxy again: ", errMsg)
-			return 302
-		default:
-			if e, ok := err.(*rkenodeconfigclient.ErrNodeOrClusterNotFound); ok {
-				logrus.Warn("Can't connect to the registered " + e.ErrorOccursType() + ", terminating gracefully")
-				return 503
-			}
-
-			logrus.Error("Failed to connect to proxy: ", errMsg)
-		}
-
-		return 500
-	}
-
-	return 200
-}
-
-func connectToProxyWhileWindows(rootContext context.Context, proxyURL string, headers http.Header, auth ConnectAuthorizer, dialer *websocket.Dialer, blockingOnConnect func(context.Context) error) error {
-	if dialer == nil {
-		dialer = &websocket.Dialer{}
-	}
-
-	eg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(rootContext)
-
-	if blockingOnConnect != nil {
-		eg.Go(func() error {
-			return blockingOnConnect(ctx)
-		})
-	}
-
-	eg.Go(func() error {
-		reconnectCount := 0
-
-		for {
-			err := func() error {
-				ws, _, err := dialer.Dial(proxyURL, headers)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				defer ws.Close()
-
-				session := newClientSession(auth, ws)
-				_, err = session.serveWhileWindows(ctx)
-				session.Close()
-				return err
-			}()
-			if err != nil {
-				if reconnectCount < 10 {
-					errMsg := err.Error()
-					if strings.HasSuffix(errMsg, "An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.") ||
-						strings.HasSuffix(errMsg, "An established connection was aborted by the software in your host machine.") ||
-						strings.HasSuffix(errMsg, "A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network.") {
-						time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
-
-						reconnectCount += 1
-						continue
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			return err
-		}
-	})
-
-	return eg.Wait()
-}