diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 1384edb626..cc1605a132 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 selfdrive/car/tests/test_models_segs.txt filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 system/hardware/tici/updater filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
-selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64 filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 third_party/**/*.a filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 third_party/**/*.so filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
 third_party/**/*.so.* filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/common/text_window.py b/common/text_window.py
deleted file mode 100755
index d2762ebf7d..0000000000
--- a/common/text_window.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
-import time
-import subprocess
-from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
-
-
-class TextWindow:
-  def __init__(self, text):
-    try:
-      self.text_proc = subprocess.Popen(["./text", text],
-                                        stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                        cwd=os.path.join(BASEDIR, "selfdrive", "ui"),
-                                        close_fds=True)
-    except OSError:
-      self.text_proc = None
-
-  def get_status(self):
-    if self.text_proc is not None:
-      self.text_proc.poll()
-      return self.text_proc.returncode
-    return None
-
-  def __enter__(self):
-    return self
-
-  def close(self):
-    if self.text_proc is not None:
-      self.text_proc.terminate()
-      self.text_proc = None
-
-  def wait_for_exit(self):
-    if self.text_proc is not None:
-      while True:
-        if self.get_status() == 1:
-          return
-        time.sleep(0.1)
-
-  def __del__(self):
-    self.close()
-
-  def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, traceback):
-    self.close()
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-  text = """Traceback (most recent call last):
-  File "./controlsd.py", line 608, in <module>
-    main()
-  File "./controlsd.py", line 604, in main
-    controlsd_thread(sm, pm, logcan)
-  File "./controlsd.py", line 455, in controlsd_thread
-    1/0
-ZeroDivisionError: division by zero"""
-  print(text)
-
-  with TextWindow(text) as s:
-    for _ in range(100):
-      if s.get_status() == 1:
-        print("Got exit button")
-        break
-      time.sleep(0.1)
-  print("gone")
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore b/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
index d9176a3fd4..7e9eaf932f 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/.gitignore
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ moc_*
 
 translations/main_test_en.*
 
-_text
-
 ui
 mui
 watch3
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 233addaa6a..e63359da05 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -66,9 +66,6 @@ if GetOption('extras'):
 
   qt_env.SharedLibrary("qt/python_helpers", ["qt/qt_window.cc"], LIBS=qt_libs)
 
-  # text window
-  qt_env.Program("_text", ["qt/text.cc"], LIBS=qt_libs)
-
   # setup and factory resetter
   qt_env.Program("qt/setup/reset", ["qt/setup/reset.cc"], LIBS=qt_libs)
   qt_env.Program("qt/setup/setup", ["qt/setup/setup.cc", asset_obj],
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 21ec5eedcf..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,64 +0,0 @@
-#include <QApplication>
-#include <QLabel>
-#include <QPushButton>
-#include <QScrollBar>
-#include <QVBoxLayout>
-#include <QWidget>
-
-#include "system/hardware/hw.h"
-#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/util.h"
-#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/qt_window.h"
-#include "selfdrive/ui/qt/widgets/scrollview.h"
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  initApp(argc, argv);
-  QApplication a(argc, argv);
-  QWidget window;
-  setMainWindow(&window);
-
-  QGridLayout *main_layout = new QGridLayout(&window);
-  main_layout->setMargin(50);
-
-  QLabel *label = new QLabel(argv[1]);
-  label->setWordWrap(true);
-  label->setSizePolicy(QSizePolicy::Preferred, QSizePolicy::MinimumExpanding);
-  ScrollView *scroll = new ScrollView(label);
-  scroll->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAsNeeded);
-  main_layout->addWidget(scroll, 0, 0, Qt::AlignTop);
-
-  // Scroll to the bottom
-  QObject::connect(scroll->verticalScrollBar(), &QAbstractSlider::rangeChanged, [=]() {
-    scroll->verticalScrollBar()->setValue(scroll->verticalScrollBar()->maximum());
-  });
-
-  QPushButton *btn = new QPushButton();
-#ifdef __aarch64__
-  btn->setText(QObject::tr("Reboot"));
-  QObject::connect(btn, &QPushButton::clicked, [=]() {
-    Hardware::reboot();
-  });
-#else
-  btn->setText(QObject::tr("Exit"));
-  QObject::connect(btn, &QPushButton::clicked, &a, &QApplication::quit);
-#endif
-  main_layout->addWidget(btn, 0, 0, Qt::AlignRight | Qt::AlignBottom);
-
-  window.setStyleSheet(R"(
-    * {
-      outline: none;
-      color: white;
-      background-color: black;
-      font-size: 60px;
-    }
-    QPushButton {
-      padding: 50px;
-      padding-right: 100px;
-      padding-left: 100px;
-      border: 2px solid white;
-      border-radius: 20px;
-      margin-right: 40px;
-    }
-  )");
-
-  return a.exec();
-}
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64 b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64
deleted file mode 100755
index 7d74f4d31c..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:61f539845ebfc9568c8d28867f1e5642e882f52ead8862c9b2224b7139f4a552
-size 3787480
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/text b/selfdrive/ui/text
deleted file mode 100755
index b12235f4e6..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/ui/text
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ -f /TICI ] && [ ! -f _text ]; then
-  cp qt/text_larch64 _text
-fi
-
-exec ./_text "$1"