--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,4 @@ dialoguer = "0.10.0"
 color-eyre = "0.6.0"
 number_prefix = "0.4.0"
 ctrlc = "3.2.1"
-cli-clipboard = "0.4.0"
 qr2term = "0.3.0"
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use std::{
 
 use async_std::{fs::OpenOptions, sync::Arc};
 use clap::{Args, CommandFactory, Parser, Subcommand};
-use cli_clipboard::{ClipboardContext, ClipboardProvider};
 use color_eyre::{eyre, eyre::Context};
 use console::{style, Term};
 use futures::{future::Either, Future, FutureExt};
@@ -283,12 +282,6 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
             .try_init()?;
     }
 
-    let mut clipboard = ClipboardContext::new()
-        .map_err(|err| {
-            log::warn!("Failed to initialize clipboard support: {}", err);
-        })
-        .ok();
-
     let concat_file_name = |file_path: &Path, file_name: Option<_>| {
         // TODO this has gotten out of hand (it ugly)
         // The correct solution would be to make `file_name` an Option everywhere and
@@ -337,7 +330,6 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                     true,
                     transfer::APP_CONFIG,
                     Some(&sender_print_code),
-                    clipboard.as_mut(),
                 )),
                 ctrl_c(),
             )
@@ -375,7 +367,6 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                     true,
                     transfer::APP_CONFIG,
                     Some(&sender_print_code),
-                    clipboard.as_mut(),
                 ));
                 match futures::future::select(connect_fut, ctrl_c()).await {
                     Either::Left((result, _)) => result?,
@@ -421,7 +412,6 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                     false,
                     transfer::APP_CONFIG,
                     None,
-                    clipboard.as_mut(),
                 ));
                 match futures::future::select(connect_fut, ctrl_c()).await {
                     Either::Left((result, _)) => result?,
@@ -496,7 +486,6 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                     true,
                     app_config,
                     Some(&server_print_code),
-                    clipboard.as_mut(),
                 ));
                 let (wormhole, _code, relay_hints) =
                     match futures::future::select(connect_fut, ctrl_c()).await {
@@ -532,7 +521,6 @@ async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
                 false,
                 app_config,
                 None,
-                clipboard.as_mut(),
             )
             .await?;
 
@@ -618,7 +606,6 @@ async fn parse_and_connect(
     print_code: Option<
         &dyn Fn(&mut Term, &magic_wormhole::Code, &Option<url::Url>) -> eyre::Result<()>,
     >,
-    clipboard: Option<&mut ClipboardContext>,
 ) -> eyre::Result<(Wormhole, magic_wormhole::Code, Vec<transit::RelayHint>)> {
     // TODO handle relay servers with multiple endpoints better
     let mut relay_hints: Vec<transit::RelayHint> = common_args
@@ -666,15 +653,8 @@ async fn parse_and_connect(
             let (server_welcome, connector) =
                 magic_wormhole::Wormhole::connect_without_code(app_config, numwords).await?;
             print_welcome(term, &server_welcome)?;
-            /* Print code and also copy it to clipboard */
+            /* Print code */
             if is_send {
-                if let Some(clipboard) = clipboard {
-                    match clipboard.set_contents(server_welcome.code.to_string()) {
-                        Ok(()) => log::info!("Code copied to clipboard"),
-                        Err(err) => log::warn!("Failed to copy code to clipboard: {}", err),
-                    }
-                }
-
                 print_code.expect("`print_code` must be `Some` when `is_send` is `true`")(
                     term,
                     &server_welcome.code,