diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/build.rs b/desktop/src-tauri/build.rs
index 3584776..e17495c 100644
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/build.rs
+++ b/desktop/src-tauri/build.rs
@@ -38,14 +38,6 @@ fn build_oboe_android(target: &str) {
         .file("cpp/getauxval_fix.c")
         .compile("getauxval_fix");
 
-    // pthread_shim: interpose pthread_create so Rust libstd can't use the
-    // broken static pthread_create stub (which calls __init_tcb, crashing
-    // in a .so). Our shim forwards to libc.so's real one via RTLD_NEXT.
-    // Compiled as its own static lib so the linker links it ahead of libstd.
-    cc::Build::new()
-        .file("cpp/pthread_shim.c")
-        .compile("pthread_shim");
-
     let oboe_dir = fetch_oboe();
     match oboe_dir {
         Some(oboe_path) => {
@@ -112,12 +104,6 @@ fn build_oboe_android(target: &str) {
     // Oboe requires Android log + OpenSLES backends
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=log");
     println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib=OpenSLES");
-
-    // Wrap pthread_create: redirect every `pthread_create` reference to our
-    // `__wrap_pthread_create` in pthread_shim.c, which forwards to the real
-    // libc.so symbol via dlsym. Without this the linker binds to libstd's
-    // bundled broken static pthread_create stub (see pthread_shim.c).
-    println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=-Wl,--wrap=pthread_create");
 }
 
 /// Recursively add all .cpp files from a directory to a cc::Build.
diff --git a/desktop/src-tauri/cpp/pthread_shim.c b/desktop/src-tauri/cpp/pthread_shim.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fa5b44..0000000
--- a/desktop/src-tauri/cpp/pthread_shim.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,80 +0,0 @@
-/* pthread_shim.c
- *
- * Interpose pthread_create via `--wrap=pthread_create` to bypass Rust libstd's
- * broken static pthread_create stub. The stub (from an old bundled libc.a)
- * calls __init_tcb+4 and SIGSEGVs in dlopen-loaded .so libraries.
- *
- * Approach:
- *   1. The linker rewrites every `pthread_create` reference inside libstd
- *      (and everywhere else) into `__wrap_pthread_create` — our function.
- *   2. Inside __wrap_pthread_create we call libc.so's real pthread_create
- *      via dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT). Because --wrap redirects only references,
- *      the symbol `pthread_create` itself is NOT defined in our .so, so
- *      RTLD_DEFAULT finds the one exported by libc.so (always loaded).
- *   3. We log every step via __android_log_print so we can diagnose any
- *      lookup failure from logcat (tag: WZP_pthread_shim).
- */
-
-#ifdef __ANDROID__
-
-#define _GNU_SOURCE
-#include <android/log.h>
-#include <dlfcn.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-#include <stddef.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-
-#define TAG "WZP_pthread_shim"
-#define LOGI(...) __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_INFO,  TAG, __VA_ARGS__)
-#define LOGE(...) __android_log_print(ANDROID_LOG_ERROR, TAG, __VA_ARGS__)
-
-typedef int (*pthread_create_fn)(pthread_t *, const pthread_attr_t *,
-                                 void *(*)(void *), void *);
-
-static pthread_create_fn resolve_real_pthread_create(void) {
-    /* RTLD_DEFAULT: search the global symbol table starting with the main
-     * executable (app_process64), then every shared library loaded into the
-     * process in load order. libc.so is always loaded first, so its
-     * pthread_create export is the first match — and since we never define
-     * a symbol literally named "pthread_create" (only __wrap_pthread_create),
-     * there's no ambiguity. */
-    pthread_create_fn fn = (pthread_create_fn)dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, "pthread_create");
-    if (fn != NULL) {
-        LOGI("resolved pthread_create via RTLD_DEFAULT at %p", (void *)fn);
-        return fn;
-    }
-    LOGE("dlsym(RTLD_DEFAULT, pthread_create) returned NULL: %s", dlerror());
-
-    /* Fall back to explicit dlopen of libc.so — bionic is normally happy
-     * to hand back the already-loaded mapping. */
-    void *libc = dlopen("libc.so", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_NOLOAD);
-    if (libc == NULL) {
-        libc = dlopen("libc.so", RTLD_LAZY);
-    }
-    if (libc == NULL) {
-        LOGE("dlopen(libc.so) failed: %s", dlerror());
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    fn = (pthread_create_fn)dlsym(libc, "pthread_create");
-    if (fn == NULL) {
-        LOGE("dlsym(libc, pthread_create) returned NULL: %s", dlerror());
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    LOGI("resolved pthread_create via dlopen(libc.so) at %p", (void *)fn);
-    return fn;
-}
-
-int __wrap_pthread_create(pthread_t *thread, const pthread_attr_t *attr,
-                          void *(*start_routine)(void *), void *arg) {
-    static pthread_create_fn real = NULL;
-    if (real == NULL) {
-        real = resolve_real_pthread_create();
-        if (real == NULL) {
-            LOGE("__wrap_pthread_create: no real pthread_create found, returning EAGAIN");
-            return 11; /* EAGAIN — best we can do */
-        }
-    }
-    return real(thread, attr, start_routine, arg);
-}
-
-#endif /* __ANDROID__ */