diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2c660b44af..c37a098069 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@ tests = [
   'pympler~=1.0',
   'coverage~=7.0',
   'sphinx~=7.2.0',
-  'watchdog~=6.0',
   'docutils~=0.20'
 ]
 tui = [
diff --git a/src/aiida/tools/pytest_fixtures/daemon.py b/src/aiida/tools/pytest_fixtures/daemon.py
index 54959e0a3f..512f58ebd4 100644
--- a/src/aiida/tools/pytest_fixtures/daemon.py
+++ b/src/aiida/tools/pytest_fixtures/daemon.py
@@ -63,60 +63,8 @@ def test(started_daemon_client):
         daemon_client.start_daemon()
         assert daemon_client.is_daemon_running
 
-    import threading
-    import time
-
-    from watchdog.events import FileSystemEventHandler
-
-    # XXX: watchdog and pytest-timeout as extra deps of tests
-    from watchdog.observers import Observer
-
-    logger = logging.getLogger('tests.daemon:started_daemon_client')
-
-    logger.debug(f'Daemon log file is located at: {daemon_client.daemon_log_file}')
-
-    # This flag will be used to stop the thread when the fixture is torn down
-    stop_thread = False
-
-    class LogFileEventHandler(FileSystemEventHandler):
-        def __init__(self, filepath):
-            self.filepath = filepath
-            # Keep track of how many bytes have been read so we print only new data
-            self._pos = 0
-
-        def on_modified(self, event):
-            if event.src_path == self.filepath:
-                # The file was modified, read from the last known position
-                with open(self.filepath, 'r') as f:
-                    f.seek(self._pos)
-                    new_output = f.read()
-                    if new_output:
-                        logger.debug(new_output)
-                        self._pos = f.tell()
-
-    def print_log_content(check_interval=0.1):
-        event_handler = LogFileEventHandler(daemon_client.daemon_log_file)
-        observer = Observer()
-        _ = observer.schedule(event_handler, str(pathlib.Path(daemon_client.daemon_log_file)), recursive=False)
-        observer.start()
-
-        try:
-            while not stop_thread:
-                time.sleep(check_interval)
-        finally:
-            observer.stop()
-            observer.join()
-
-    # Start a background thread to continuously print new log lines
-    t = threading.Thread(target=print_log_content, daemon=True)
-    t.start()
-
     yield daemon_client
 
-    # After the test finishes, signal the thread to stop and join it
-    stop_thread = True
-    t.join(timeout=5)
-
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def stopped_daemon_client(daemon_client):