diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd9a39a..3b9a847 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BSD fetch
     $ fetch -q -o - ifconfig.co
     127.0.0.1
 
-Pass the appropriate flag (usually -4 and -6) to your tool to switch between 
+Pass the appropriate flag (usually -4 and -6) to your tool to switch between
 IPv4 and IPv6 lookup.
 
 Features
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ Features
 * Fast
 * Supports typical CLI tools (curl, wget and fetch)
 
-Dependencies (optional)
-=======================
-* Daemonize script depends on https://github.com/bmc/daemonize
-
 Why?
 ====
 * To scratch an itch
diff --git a/daemonize.sh b/daemonize.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f491311..0000000
--- a/daemonize.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-NAME="ifconfig"
-PREFIX=$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
-DAEMON="$PREFIX/$NAME"
-PID_FILE="${PREFIX}/tmp/${NAME}.pid"
-LOCK_FILE="${PREFIX}/tmp/${NAME}.lock"
-LOG_FILE="${PREFIX}/tmp/${NAME}.log"
-
-E_USAGE=1
-E_NOTFOUND=2
-
-if [[ ! -x "$DAEMON" ]]; then
-    echo "$DAEMON does not exist or is not executable"
-    exit $E_NOTFOUND
-fi
-
-start () {
-    echo -n "Starting $NAME: "
-    mkdir -p $PREFIX/tmp
-    daemonize -c $PREFIX -o $LOG_FILE -p $PID_FILE -l $LOCK_FILE $DAEMON && \
-        echo "ok" || echo "failed"
-}
-
-stop () {
-    echo -n "Stopping $NAME: "
-    if [[ -s "$PID_FILE" ]]; then
-        PID=$(head -n1 $PID_FILE)
-        kill $PID 2> /dev/null && echo "ok" || echo "not running?"
-    fi
-    rm -f -- $PID_FILE $LOCK_FILE
-}
-
-status () {
-    if [[ -s "$PID_FILE" ]]; then
-        PID=$(head -n1 $PID_FILE)
-        kill -0 $PID 2> /dev/null && echo "$NAME is running (pid: $PID)" || \
-            echo "$NAME is not running"
-    else
-        echo "$NAME is not running"
-    fi
-}
-
-case "$1" in
-    start)
-        start
-        ;;
-    stop)
-        stop
-        ;;
-    restart)
-        stop
-        start
-        ;;
-    status)
-        status
-        ;;
-    *)
-        echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|status}"
-        exit $E_USAGE
-        ;;
-esac
-
-exit $?