diff --git a/detox/src/Detox.js b/detox/src/Detox.js
index 441cf7a9f6..5d24c687d4 100644
--- a/detox/src/Detox.js
+++ b/detox/src/Detox.js
@@ -91,11 +91,6 @@ class Detox {
     }
   }
 
-  async terminate() {
-    await this.artifactsManager.onTerminate();
-    await this.cleanup();
-  }
-
   async beforeEach(testSummary) {
     this._validateTestSummary(testSummary);
     this._logTestRunCheckpoint('DETOX_BEFORE_EACH', testSummary);
diff --git a/detox/src/Detox.test.js b/detox/src/Detox.test.js
index f16ec4d62a..3ee000db95 100644
--- a/detox/src/Detox.test.js
+++ b/detox/src/Detox.test.js
@@ -243,15 +243,5 @@ describe('Detox', () => {
       await detox.cleanup();
       expect(detox.artifactsManager.onAfterAll).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
     });
-
-    it(`Calling .terminate() will trigger artifacts manager .onTerminate()`, async () => {
-      Detox = require('./Detox');
-
-      detox = new Detox({deviceConfig: validDeviceConfig});
-      detox.artifactsManager.onTerminate = jest.fn();
-
-      await detox.terminate();
-      expect(detox.artifactsManager.onTerminate).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-    });
   });
 });
diff --git a/detox/src/index.js b/detox/src/index.js
index ce59e87904..08d4213e9f 100644
--- a/detox/src/index.js
+++ b/detox/src/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const platform = require('./platform');
 const exportWrapper = require('./exportWrapper');
 const argparse = require('./utils/argparse');
 const log = require('./utils/logger').child({ __filename });
-const onTerminate = require('./utils/onTerminate');
 const configuration = require('./configuration');
 
 let detox;
@@ -85,9 +84,6 @@ async function cleanup() {
     }
 }
 
-/* istanbul ignore next */
-onTerminate(() => detox && detox.terminate());
-
 module.exports = Object.assign({
   init,
   cleanup,
diff --git a/detox/src/index.test.js b/detox/src/index.test.js
index 5ea30b6fad..a82c42ef6a 100644
--- a/detox/src/index.test.js
+++ b/detox/src/index.test.js
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe('index', () => {
     jest
       .mock('./server/DetoxServer')
       .mock('./devices/Device')
-      .mock('./utils/onTerminate')
       .mock('./utils/logger')
       .mock('./client/Client')
       .mock('./Detox', () => jest.fn(() => mockDetox))
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ describe('index', () => {
     jest
       .unmock('./server/DetoxServer')
       .unmock('./devices/Device')
-      .unmock('./utils/onTerminate')
       .unmock('./client/Client')
       .unmock('./Detox')
       .unmock('./platform');
diff --git a/detox/src/utils/onTerminate.js b/detox/src/utils/onTerminate.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f7b1fa7425..0000000000
--- a/detox/src/utils/onTerminate.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-const _ = require('lodash');
-
-function onTerminate(callback) {
-  process.on('SIGINT', _.once(callback));
-  process.on('SIGTERM', _.once(callback));
-}
-
-module.exports = onTerminate;
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