diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8c9bdb1c93cec..c65ed25ea88b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1353,7 +1353,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "napi-build",
  "napi-derive",
  "once_cell",
- "os_type",
  "parking_lot",
  "rayon",
  "regex",
@@ -1380,15 +1379,6 @@ version = "1.18.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "dd8b5dd2ae5ed71462c540258bedcb51965123ad7e7ccf4b9a8cafaa4a63576d"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "os_type"
-version = "2.6.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e24d44c0eea30167516ed8f6daca4b5e3eebcde1bde1e4e6e08b809fb02c7ba5"
-dependencies = [
- "regex",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "overload"
 version = "0.1.1"
diff --git a/packages/nx/Cargo.toml b/packages/nx/Cargo.toml
index 2888a42e65d50..9b8d54cd9ca45 100644
--- a/packages/nx/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/nx/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ ignore = '0.4'
 ignore-files = "1.3.0"
 itertools = "0.10.5"
 once_cell = "1.18.0"
-os_type = "2.6.0"
 parking_lot = { version = "0.12.1", features = ["send_guard"] }
 napi = { version = '2.12.6', default-features = false, features = [
     'anyhow',
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs b/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs
index 968cd60d01216..e511f7e4578c9 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs
+++ b/packages/nx/src/native/watch/utils.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 use ignore::WalkBuilder;
 use ignore_files::IgnoreFile;
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
-use os_type::{OSInformation, OSType};
 use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 use tracing::trace;
 use watchexec_events::{Event, Tag};
@@ -56,10 +54,8 @@ pub(super) fn get_ignore_files<T: AsRef<str>>(root: T) -> Vec<IgnoreFile> {
 //         .collect()
 // }
 
-static OS_PLATFORM: Lazy<OSInformation> = Lazy::new(os_type::current_platform);
-
 pub(super) fn transform_event(watch_event: &Event) -> Option<Event> {
-    if OS_PLATFORM.os_type == OSType::Debian || OS_PLATFORM.os_type == OSType::Arch {
+    if cfg!(linux) {
         let tags = watch_event
             .tags
             .clone()