diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0c999c1..22a9869b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ By far most changes relate to `atomic-server`, so if not specified, assume the c
 **Changes to JS assets (including the front-end and JS libraries) are not shown here**, but in [`/browser/CHANGELOG`](/browser/CHANGELOG.md).
 See [STATUS.md](server/STATUS.md) to learn more about which features will remain stable.
 
+## [UNRELEASED]
+
+- Remove `process-management` feature #324 #334
+
 ## [v0.37.0] - 2024-02-01
 
 - Refactor `atomic_lib::Resource` propval methods (e.g. `set_propval` => `set`), make them chainable. #822
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c4c7d185..d78ffc38 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_with",
  "simple-server-timing-header",
  "static-files",
- "sysinfo",
  "tantivy",
  "tokio",
  "tracing",
@@ -1493,7 +1492,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "log",
  "rustversion",
- "windows 0.32.0",
+ "windows",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2237,15 +2236,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "minimal-lexical",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ntapi"
-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e8a3895c6391c39d7fe7ebc444a87eb2991b2a0bc718fdabd071eec617fc68e4"
-dependencies = [
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "ntest"
 version = "0.9.0"
@@ -3624,21 +3614,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "sysinfo"
-version = "0.30.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fb4f3438c8f6389c864e61221cbc97e9bca98b4daf39a5beb7bea660f528bb2"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "core-foundation-sys",
- "libc",
- "ntapi",
- "once_cell",
- "rayon",
- "windows 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tantivy"
 version = "0.21.1"
@@ -4483,25 +4458,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows_x86_64_msvc 0.32.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows"
-version = "0.52.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e48a53791691ab099e5e2ad123536d0fff50652600abaf43bbf952894110d0be"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-core",
- "windows-targets 0.52.0",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-core"
-version = "0.52.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-targets 0.52.0",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.36.1"
diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index 42121e0a..ddd63d79 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,21 +4,21 @@ default-run = "atomic-server"
 description = "Create, share and model Atomic Data with this graph database server. Run atomic-server without any arguments to start the server. Use --help to learn about the options."
 edition = "2021"
 homepage = "https://atomicserver.eu/"
+include = ["src/**/*", "Cargo.toml", "assets_tmp", "build.rs"]
 license = "MIT"
 name = "atomic-server"
 readme = "./README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/atomicdata-dev/atomic-server"
 version = "0.37.0"
-include = ["src/**/*", "Cargo.toml", "assets_tmp", "build.rs"]
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "atomic-server"
 path = "src/bin.rs"
 
 [build-dependencies]
+dircpy = "0.3.15"
 static-files = "0.2"
 walkdir = "2"
-dircpy = "0.3.15"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix = ">= 0.12, < 0.14"
@@ -74,10 +74,6 @@ version = "0.21.0"
 optional = true
 version = "0.20.0"
 
-[dependencies.sysinfo]
-optional = true
-version = "0.30"
-
 [dependencies.actix-web]
 features = ["rustls"]
 version = "4.4"
@@ -120,7 +116,6 @@ assert_cmd = "2"
 [features]
 default = ["https", "telemetry"]
 https = ["rustls", "instant-acme", "rcgen", "rustls-pemfile"]
-process-management = ["sysinfo"]
 telemetry = ["tracing-opentelemetry", "opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-jaeger"]
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/server/src/appstate.rs b/server/src/appstate.rs
index b48853ce..945c833a 100644
--- a/server/src/appstate.rs
+++ b/server/src/appstate.rs
@@ -39,15 +39,6 @@ pub fn init(config: Config) -> AtomicServerResult<AppState> {
         tracing::warn!("Development mode is enabled. This will use staging environments for services like LetsEncrypt.");
     }
 
-    // Check if atomic-server is already running somewhere, and try to stop it. It's not a problem if things go wrong here, so errors are simply logged.
-    if cfg!(feature = "process-management") {
-        #[cfg(feature = "process-management")]
-        {
-            let _ = crate::process::terminate_existing_processes(&config)
-                .map_err(|e| tracing::error!("Could not check for running instance: {}", e));
-        }
-    }
-
     tracing::info!("Opening database at {:?}", &config.store_path);
     let should_init = !&config.store_path.exists() || config.initialize;
     let mut store = atomic_lib::Db::init(&config.store_path, config.server_url.clone())?;
diff --git a/server/src/bin.rs b/server/src/bin.rs
index 3af289f3..30cc513b 100644
--- a/server/src/bin.rs
+++ b/server/src/bin.rs
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ mod helpers;
 #[cfg(feature = "https")]
 mod https;
 mod jsonerrors;
-#[cfg(feature = "process-management")]
-mod process;
 mod routes;
 pub mod serve;
 // #[cfg(feature = "search")]
diff --git a/server/src/lib.rs b/server/src/lib.rs
index 5acf81c7..9110712d 100644
--- a/server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/server/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ mod helpers;
 #[cfg(feature = "https")]
 mod https;
 mod jsonerrors;
-#[cfg(feature = "process-management")]
-mod process;
 mod routes;
 pub mod serve;
 // #[cfg(feature = "search")]
diff --git a/server/src/process.rs b/server/src/process.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index 1044b4fb..00000000
--- a/server/src/process.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,97 +0,0 @@
-//! Checks if the process is running, kills a running process if it is.
-
-use crate::{config::Config, errors::AtomicServerResult};
-
-/// Checks if the server is running. If it is, kill that process. Also creates creates a new PID.
-pub fn terminate_existing_processes(config: &Config) -> AtomicServerResult<()> {
-    let pid_maybe = match std::fs::read_to_string(pid_path(config)) {
-        Ok(content) => str::parse::<i32>(&content).ok(),
-        Err(_e) => None,
-    };
-    if let Some(pid_int) = pid_maybe {
-        let pid = pid_int.into();
-        use sysinfo::{ProcessExt, SystemExt};
-        let mut s = sysinfo::System::new_all();
-        let retry_secs = 1;
-        let mut tries_left = 30;
-        // either friendly (Terminate) or not friendly (Kill)
-        let mut signal = sysinfo::Signal::Term;
-        if let Some(process) = s.process(pid) {
-            tracing::warn!(
-                "Terminating existing running instance of atomic-server (process ID: {})...",
-                process.pid()
-            );
-            process.kill();
-            tracing::info!("Checking if other server has successfully terminated...",);
-            loop {
-                s.refresh_processes();
-                if let Some(_process) = s.process(pid) {
-                    if tries_left > 1 {
-                        tries_left -= 1;
-                        tracing::info!(
-                            "Other instance is still running, checking again in {} seconds, for {} more times ",
-                            retry_secs,
-                            tries_left
-                        );
-                        std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_secs(retry_secs));
-                    } else {
-                        if signal == sysinfo::Signal::Kill {
-                            tracing::error!("Could not terminate other atomic-server, exiting...");
-                            std::process::exit(1);
-                        }
-                        tracing::warn!(
-                            "Terminate signal did not work, let's try again with Kill...",
-                        );
-                        _process.kill();
-                        tries_left = 15;
-                        signal = sysinfo::Signal::Kill;
-                    }
-                    continue;
-                };
-                tracing::info!("No other atomic-server is running, continuing start-up",);
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    create_pid(config)
-}
-
-/// Removes the process id file in the config directory meant for signaling this instance is running.
-pub fn remove_pid(config: &Config) -> AtomicServerResult<()> {
-    if std::fs::remove_file(pid_path(config)).is_err() {
-        tracing::warn!(
-            "Could not remove process file at {}",
-            pid_path(config).to_str().unwrap()
-        )
-    } else {
-        tracing::info!(
-            "Removed process file at {}",
-            pid_path(config).to_str().unwrap()
-        );
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
-const PID_NAME: &str = "atomic_server_process_id";
-
-fn pid_path(config: &Config) -> std::path::PathBuf {
-    std::path::Path::join(&config.config_dir, PID_NAME)
-}
-
-/// Writes a `pid` file in the config directory to signal which instance is running.
-fn create_pid(config: &Config) -> AtomicServerResult<()> {
-    use std::io::Write;
-    let pid = sysinfo::get_current_pid()
-        .map_err(|_| "Failed to get process info required to create process ID")?;
-    let mut pid_file = std::fs::File::create(pid_path(config)).map_err(|e| {
-        format!(
-            "Could not create process file at {}. {}",
-            pid_path(config).to_str().unwrap(),
-            e
-        )
-    })?;
-    pid_file
-        .write_all(pid.to_string().as_bytes())
-        .map_err(|e| format!("failed to write process file. {}", e))?;
-    Ok(())
-}
diff --git a/server/src/serve.rs b/server/src/serve.rs
index 3da674f8..253be727 100644
--- a/server/src/serve.rs
+++ b/server/src/serve.rs
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@ pub async fn serve(config: crate::config::Config) -> AtomicServerResult<()> {
         guard.flush()
     }
 
-    if cfg!(feature = "process-management") {
-        #[cfg(feature = "process-management")]
-        {
-            crate::process::remove_pid(&config)?;
-        }
-    }
-
     tracing::info!("Server stopped");
     Ok(())
 }