Index: CloudConnect/main.cpp
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diff -u -raaebfee335c74b0250864a6dce0555f866adadea -ra3de17abef83da8edaa4ca90b9f5091ff98cfc1e
--- CloudConnect/main.cpp	(.../main.cpp)	(revision aaebfee335c74b0250864a6dce0555f866adadea)
+++ CloudConnect/main.cpp	(.../main.cpp)	(revision a3de17abef83da8edaa4ca90b9f5091ff98cfc1e)
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
     // thread that calls listen(), and accepted sockets are parented under it.
     QObject::connect(&controllerThread, &QThread::started, &ccController,
         [&ccController, &app]() {
-            if (!ccController.listenForApp()) {
-                qCritical() << "Failed to bind the app socket; shutting down";
-                QMetaObject::invokeMethod(&app, [&app]() { app.exit(1); }, Qt::QueuedConnection);
-                return;
-            }
             // QTcpSocket belongs to the thread that constructs it.
             // Broker connect is async, so false = config failure, not unreachable.
             if (!ccController.connectToCloud()) {