diff --git a/config/puma.rb b/config/puma.rb
index b24924d5053..8b913e34047 100644
--- a/config/puma.rb
+++ b/config/puma.rb
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
   # Allow puma to be restarted by `bin/rails restart` command.
   plugin :tmp_restart
 
-  require_relative "../lib/puma/plugin/tailwind"
-  plugin :tailwind
+  # Run tailwindcss:watch in the background
+  plugin :tailwindcss
 end
 
 # Specifies the `port` that Puma will listen on to receive requests; default is 3000.
diff --git a/lib/puma/plugin/tailwind.rb b/lib/puma/plugin/tailwind.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a923a51166..00000000000
--- a/lib/puma/plugin/tailwind.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-require "puma/plugin"
-
-Puma::Plugin.create do
-  def start(launcher)
-    in_background do
-      warn "Starting TailwindCSS watcher..."
-      system(
-        File.expand_path("../../../bin/rails", __dir__), "--trace", "tailwindcss:watch", "RAILS_GROUPS=assets",
-        %i[out err] => File.expand_path("../../../log/tailwind.log", __dir__),
-        exception: true
-      )
-    rescue StandardError => e
-      warn e.full_message(highlight: true)
-      launcher.restart
-    end
-  end
-end