diff --git a/agent/agent_darwin.go b/agent/agent_darwin.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c7741c4..0000000
--- a/agent/agent_darwin.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 AmidaWare LLC.
-
-Licensed under the Tactical RMM License Version 1.0 (the “License”).
-You may only use the Licensed Software in accordance with the License.
-A copy of the License is available at:
-
-https://license.tacticalrmm.com
-
-*/
-
-package agent
-
-func tmpNoExec() bool {
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/agent/agent_linux.go b/agent/agent_linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c7d16e1..0000000
--- a/agent/agent_linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 AmidaWare LLC.
-
-Licensed under the Tactical RMM License Version 1.0 (the “License”).
-You may only use the Licensed Software in accordance with the License.
-A copy of the License is available at:
-
-https://license.tacticalrmm.com
-
-*/
-
-package agent
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-func tmpNoExec() bool {
-	var stat syscall.Statfs_t
-	var noexec bool
-
-	tmpdir := os.TempDir()
-	if err := syscall.Statfs(tmpdir, &stat); err == nil {
-		if stat.Flags&syscall.MS_NOEXEC != 0 {
-			noexec = true
-		}
-	}
-	return noexec
-}
diff --git a/agent/agent_unix.go b/agent/agent_unix.go
index c75e4bb..42f51ee 100644
--- a/agent/agent_unix.go
+++ b/agent/agent_unix.go
@@ -230,11 +230,9 @@ func (a *Agent) AgentUpdate(url, inno, version string) {
 	cwd := filepath.Dir(self)
 	// create a tmpfile in same location as current binary
 	// avoids issues with /tmp dir and other fs mount issues
-	tmpfile := filepath.Join(cwd, GenerateAgentID())
-
-	f, err := os.Create(tmpfile)
+	f, err := os.CreateTemp(cwd, "trmm")
 	if err != nil {
-		a.Logger.Errorln("AgentUpdate() os.Create(tmpfile)", err)
+		a.Logger.Errorln("AgentUpdate() os.CreateTemp:", err)
 		return
 	}
 	defer os.Remove(f.Name())
@@ -477,26 +475,6 @@ func (a *Agent) GetWMIInfo() map[string]interface{} {
 	return wmiInfo
 }
 
-func createNixTmpFile() (*os.File, error) {
-	var f *os.File
-	noexec := tmpNoExec()
-	f, err := os.CreateTemp("", "trmm")
-	if err != nil || noexec {
-		if noexec {
-			os.Remove(f.Name())
-		}
-		cwd, err := os.Getwd()
-		if err != nil {
-			return f, err
-		}
-		f, err = os.CreateTemp(cwd, "trmm")
-		if err != nil {
-			return f, err
-		}
-	}
-	return f, nil
-}
-
 // windows only below TODO add into stub file
 func (a *Agent) GetAgentCheckInConfig(ret AgentCheckInConfig) AgentCheckInConfig {
 	return ret
diff --git a/agent/agent_windows.go b/agent/agent_windows.go
index cc5da54..b19a185 100644
--- a/agent/agent_windows.go
+++ b/agent/agent_windows.go
@@ -906,12 +906,3 @@ func (a *Agent) GetAgentCheckInConfig(ret AgentCheckInConfig) AgentCheckInConfig
 func (a *Agent) NixMeshNodeID() string {
 	return "not implemented"
 }
-
-func tmpNoExec() bool {
-	return false
-}
-
-func createNixTmpFile() (*os.File, error) {
-	var f *os.File
-	return f, nil
-}
diff --git a/agent/utils.go b/agent/utils.go
index 4d41ecb..8db3341 100644
--- a/agent/utils.go
+++ b/agent/utils.go
@@ -340,3 +340,28 @@ func getCMDExe() string {
 	}
 	return cmdExe
 }
+
+// more accurate than os.Getwd()
+func getCwd() (string, error) {
+	self, err := os.Executable()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+
+	return filepath.Dir(self), nil
+}
+
+func createNixTmpFile() (*os.File, error) {
+	var f *os.File
+	cwd, err := getCwd()
+	if err != nil {
+		return f, err
+	}
+
+	f, err = os.CreateTemp(cwd, "trmm")
+	if err != nil {
+		return f, err
+	}
+
+	return f, nil
+}