diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_init.c b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_init.c
index 6f66e2c..9eae64f 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_init.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/src/dds_init.c
@@ -149,17 +149,10 @@ dds_init(dds_domainid_t domain)
 
   /* Set additional default participant properties */
 
-  gv.default_plist_pp.process_id = (unsigned)os_procIdSelf();
+  gv.default_plist_pp.process_id = (unsigned)os_getpid();
   gv.default_plist_pp.present |= PP_PRISMTECH_PROCESS_ID;
-  if (os_procName(progname, sizeof(progname)) > 0)
-  {
-    gv.default_plist_pp.exec_name = dds_string_dup(progname);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    gv.default_plist_pp.exec_name = dds_string_alloc(32);
-    (void) snprintf(gv.default_plist_pp.exec_name, 32, "%s: %u", DDSC_PROJECT_NAME, gv.default_plist_pp.process_id);
-  }
+  gv.default_plist_pp.exec_name = dds_string_alloc(32);
+  (void) snprintf(gv.default_plist_pp.exec_name, 32, "%s: %u", DDSC_PROJECT_NAME, gv.default_plist_pp.process_id);
   len = (uint32_t) (13 + strlen(gv.default_plist_pp.exec_name));
   gv.default_plist_pp.present |= PP_PRISMTECH_EXEC_NAME;
   if (os_gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname)) == os_resultSuccess)
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/dispose.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/dispose.c
index e57c1a0..6701abd 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/dispose.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/dispose.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_hierarchy.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_hierarchy.c
index e3ab0cf..822228a 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_hierarchy.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_hierarchy.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_status.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_status.c
index ac41795..c157f75 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_status.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/entity_status.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/listener.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/listener.c
index 85d0c5e..4eba4d1 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/listener.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/listener.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/querycondition.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/querycondition.c
index ee878eb..4c4c8cf 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/querycondition.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/querycondition.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/read_instance.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/read_instance.c
index c3828a5..c99b97f 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/read_instance.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/read_instance.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/readcondition.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/readcondition.c
index 8f78b02..b1f0688 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/readcondition.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/readcondition.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader.c
index 4a5f824..11f370a 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader_iterator.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader_iterator.c
index f30ebed..10222d0 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader_iterator.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/reader_iterator.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/register.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/register.c
index cb12b8b..1f17370 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/register.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/register.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/take_instance.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/take_instance.c
index eac7c9e..cef8252 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/take_instance.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/take_instance.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/topic.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/topic.c
index 57ee13e..aff59d6 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/topic.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/topic.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/unregister.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/unregister.c
index e568031..370b4dc 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/unregister.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/unregister.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsc/tests/waitset.c b/src/core/ddsc/tests/waitset.c
index 8ed4264..0a64ab7 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsc/tests/waitset.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsc/tests/waitset.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static char*
 create_topic_name(const char *prefix, char *name, size_t size)
 {
     /* Get semi random g_topic name. */
-    os_procId pid = os_procIdSelf();
+    os_procId pid = os_getpid();
     uintmax_t tid = os_threadIdToInteger(os_threadIdSelf());
     (void) snprintf(name, size, "%s_pid%"PRIprocId"_tid%"PRIuMAX"", prefix, pid, tid);
     return name;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/src/ddsi_iid.c b/src/core/ddsi/src/ddsi_iid.c
index d8c092d..7961ff4 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/src/ddsi_iid.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/src/ddsi_iid.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void ddsi_iid_init (void)
   os_mutexInit (&gv.dds_iid.lock);
 #endif
 
-  gv.dds_iid.key[0] = (uint32_t) os_procIdSelf();
+  gv.dds_iid.key[0] = (uint32_t) os_getpid();
   gv.dds_iid.key[1] = (uint32_t) tnow.v;
   gv.dds_iid.key[2] = (uint32_t) (tnow.v >> 32);
   gv.dds_iid.key[3] = 0xdeadbeef;
diff --git a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c
index b3600f7..8a59195 100644
--- a/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c
+++ b/src/core/ddsi/src/q_init.c
@@ -1050,7 +1050,7 @@ int rtps_init (void)
 
   /* Template PP guid -- protected by privileged_pp_lock for simplicity */
   gv.next_ppguid.prefix.u[0] = locator_to_hopefully_unique_uint32 (&gv.ownloc);
-  gv.next_ppguid.prefix.u[1] = (unsigned) os_procIdSelf ();
+  gv.next_ppguid.prefix.u[1] = (unsigned) os_getpid ();
   gv.next_ppguid.prefix.u[2] = 1;
   gv.next_ppguid.entityid.u = NN_ENTITYID_PARTICIPANT;
 
diff --git a/src/os/CMakeLists.txt b/src/os/CMakeLists.txt
index bdd4874..3abceab 100644
--- a/src/os/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/os/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ set(sources
     src/os_errno.c
     src/os_iter.c
     src/os_strlcpy.c
-    src/os_dns.c)
+    src/os_dns.c
+    src/os_process.c)
 
 string(TOLOWER ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} system_name)
 set(system_sources
@@ -38,8 +39,7 @@ set(system_sources
     os_platform_sync.c
     os_platform_thread.c
     os_platform_time.c
-    os_platform_init.c
-    os_platform_process.c)
+    os_platform_init.c)
 
 foreach(source ${system_sources})
   if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/${system_name}/${source}")
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/darwin/os_platform.h b/src/os/include/os/darwin/os_platform.h
index 2718356..ae6eed0 100644
--- a/src/os/include/os/darwin/os_platform.h
+++ b/src/os/include/os/darwin/os_platform.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_sync.h"
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_thread.h"
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_stdlib.h"
-#include "os/posix/os_platform_process.h"
 
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/linux/os_platform.h b/src/os/include/os/linux/os_platform.h
index 41d61ee..4f4f082 100644
--- a/src/os/include/os/linux/os_platform.h
+++ b/src/os/include/os/linux/os_platform.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_sync.h"
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_thread.h"
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_stdlib.h"
-#include "os/posix/os_platform_process.h"
 
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/os_process.h b/src/os/include/os/os_process.h
index 252d60e..262174f 100644
--- a/src/os/include/os/os_process.h
+++ b/src/os/include/os/os_process.h
@@ -32,45 +32,7 @@ extern "C" {
  * Possible Results:
  * - returns the process ID of the calling process
  */
-OSAPI_EXPORT os_procId os_procIdSelf(void);
-
-/** \brief Figure out the identity of the current process
- *
- * Possible Results:
- * - returns the actual length of procIdentity
- *
- * Postcondition:
- * - \b procIdentity is ""
- *     the process identity could not be determined
- * - \b procIdentity is "<decimal number>" | "0x<hexadecimal number>"
- *     only the process numeric identity could be determined
- * - \b procIdentity is "<process name> (<decimal number>)" | "<process name> (0x<hexadecimal number>)"
- *     the process name and numeric identity could be determined
- *
- * \b procIdentity will not be filled beyond the specified \b procIdentitySize
- */
-OSAPI_EXPORT int
-os_procNamePid(
-    _Out_writes_z_(procIdentitySize) char *procIdentity,
-    _In_ size_t procIdentitySize);
-
-/** \brief Figure out the name of the current process
- *
- * Possible Results:
- * - returns the actual length of procName
- *
- * Postcondition:
- * - \b procName is ""
- *     the process name could not be determined
- * - \b procName is "<process name>"
- *     the process name could be determined
- *
- * \b procName will not be filled beyond the specified \b procNameSize
- */
-OSAPI_EXPORT int
-os_procName(
-    _Out_writes_z_(procNameSize) char *procName,
-    _In_ size_t procNameSize);
+OSAPI_EXPORT os_procId os_getpid(void);
 
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/solaris/os_platform.h b/src/os/include/os/solaris/os_platform.h
index 1c07fc6..0e80ccc 100644
--- a/src/os/include/os/solaris/os_platform.h
+++ b/src/os/include/os/solaris/os_platform.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_sync.h"
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_thread.h"
 #include "os/posix/os_platform_stdlib.h"
-#include "os/posix/os_platform_process.h"
 
 #if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform.h b/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform.h
index 92be30a..cc81ca3 100644
--- a/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform.h
+++ b/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "os/windows/os_platform_socket.h"
 #include "os/windows/os_platform_sync.h"
-#include "os/windows/os_platform_process.h"
 #include "os/windows/os_platform_thread.h"
 #include "os/windows/os_platform_stdlib.h"
 #include "os/windows/os_platform_time.h"
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform_process.h b/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform_process.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 2da85de..0000000
--- a/src/os/include/os/windows/os_platform_process.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright(c) 2006 to 2018 ADLINK Technology Limited and others
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Eclipse Distribution License
- * v. 1.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- */
-#ifndef OS_PLATFORM_PROCESS_H
-#define OS_PLATFORM_PROCESS_H
-
-#if defined (__cplusplus)
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-    void os_processModuleInit(void);
-    void os_processModuleExit(void);
-#if defined (__cplusplus)
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/os/include/os/posix/os_platform_process.h b/src/os/src/os_process.c
similarity index 67%
rename from src/os/include/os/posix/os_platform_process.h
rename to src/os/src/os_process.c
index 2da85de..67e0cd6 100644
--- a/src/os/include/os/posix/os_platform_process.h
+++ b/src/os/src/os_process.c
@@ -9,16 +9,15 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
  */
-#ifndef OS_PLATFORM_PROCESS_H
-#define OS_PLATFORM_PROCESS_H
+#include "os/os.h"
 
-#if defined (__cplusplus)
-extern "C" {
+os_procId
+os_getpid(void)
+{
+#if defined(WIN32)
+    return GetCurrentProcessId();
+#else
+    /* Mapped to taskIdSelf() in VxWorks kernel mode. */
+    return getpid();
 #endif
-    void os_processModuleInit(void);
-    void os_processModuleExit(void);
-#if defined (__cplusplus)
 }
-#endif
-
-#endif
diff --git a/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_init.c b/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_init.c
index 47cb845..ac9b874 100644
--- a/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_init.c
+++ b/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_init.c
@@ -30,14 +30,12 @@ void os_osPlatformInit (void)
 {
   os_syncModuleInit();
   os_threadModuleInit();
-  os_processModuleInit();
 }
 
 /** \brief OS layer deinitialization
  */
 void os_osPlatformExit (void)
 {
-  os_processModuleExit();
   os_threadModuleExit();
   os_syncModuleExit();
 }
diff --git a/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_process.c b/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_process.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 93a2ff5..0000000
--- a/src/os/src/posix/os_platform_process.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright(c) 2006 to 2018 ADLINK Technology Limited and others
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Eclipse Distribution License
- * v. 1.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- */
-#include "os/os.h"
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-#include <mach-o/dyld.h>
-#endif
-
-#include "../snippets/code/os_posix_process.c"
-
-#define _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_ (512)
-int
-os_procName(
-    char *procName,
-    size_t procNameSize)
-{
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-    char* exec, *processName = NULL;
-    int ret;
-    uint32_t usize = _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_;
-    processName = os_malloc(usize);
-    *processName = 0;
-    if (_NSGetExecutablePath(processName, &usize) != 0) {
-        /* processName is longer than allocated */
-        processName = os_realloc(processName, usize + 1);
-        if (_NSGetExecutablePath(processName, &usize) == 0) {
-            /* path set successful */
-        }
-    }
-    exec = strrchr(processName,'/');
-    if (exec) {
-        /* move everything following the last slash forward */
-        memmove (processName, exec+1, strlen (exec+1) + 1);
-    }
-    ret = snprintf(procName, procNameSize, "%s", processName);
-    os_free (processName);
-    return ret;
-#else
-    return snprintf(procName, procNameSize, "bla%lu", (unsigned long)getpid());
-#endif
-}
-#undef _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_
diff --git a/src/os/src/snippets/code/os_posix_process.c b/src/os/src/snippets/code/os_posix_process.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 01bc0c0..0000000
--- a/src/os/src/snippets/code/os_posix_process.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,114 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright(c) 2006 to 2018 ADLINK Technology Limited and others
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Eclipse Distribution License
- * v. 1.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- */
-/** \file os/posix/code/os_process.c
- *  \brief Posix process management
- *
- * Implements process management for POSIX
- */
-
-#include "os/os.h"
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <sched.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <pthread.h>
-
-static os_atomic_voidp_t os_procname = OS_ATOMIC_VOIDP_INIT(0);
-
-/** \brief pointer to environment variables */
-#ifdef __APPLE__
-//not available on iOS, but also not currently used
-//#include <crt_externs.h>
-#else
-extern char **environ;
-#endif
-
-/* protected functions */
-void
-os_processModuleInit(void)
-{
-    return;
-}
-
-void
-os_processModuleExit(void)
-{
-    void *pname;
-    do {
-        pname = os_atomic_ldvoidp(&os_procname);
-    } while (!os_atomic_casvoidp(&os_procname, pname, NULL));
-    os_free(pname);
-}
-/* public functions */
-
-/** \brief Return the process ID of the calling process
- *
- * Possible Results:
- * - returns the process ID of the calling process
- */
-os_procId
-os_procIdSelf(void)
-{
-    return getpid();
-}
-
-/* _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_CMDLINE_LEN_ is defined as
- * strlen("/proc/<max_pid>/cmdline" + 1, max_pid = 32768 on Linux, so a reason-
- * able default is 20 */
-#define _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_CMDLINE_LEN_ (20)
-#define _OS_PROCESS_PROCFS_PATH_FMT_     "/proc/%d/cmdline"
-#define _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_    (512)
-
-/** \brief Figure out the identity of the current process
- *
- * os_procNamePid determines the numeric, and if possible named
- * identity of a process. It will first check if the environment variable
- * SPLICE_PROCNAME is set (which is always the case if the process is started
- * via os_procCreate). If so, that value will be returned. Otherwise it will be
- * attempted to determine the commandline which started the process through the
- * procfs. If that fails, the PID will be returned.
- *
- * \param procIdentity  Pointer to a char-buffer to which the result can be
- *                      written. If a name could be resolved, the result will
- *                      have the format "name <PID>". Otherwise it will just
- *                      be "<PID>".
- * \param procIdentitySize Size of the buffer pointed to by procIdentitySize
- * \return same as snprintf returns
- */
-int
-os_procNamePid(
-    char *procIdentity,
-    size_t procIdentitySize)
-{
-    int size;
-    char process_name[_OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_];
-
-    size = os_procName(process_name, _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_);
-    if (size > 0) {
-        size = snprintf(procIdentity, procIdentitySize, "%s <%"PRIprocId">", (char *)os_atomic_ldvoidp(&os_procname), os_procIdSelf());
-    } else {
-        /* No processname could be determined, so default to PID */
-        size = snprintf(procIdentity, procIdentitySize, "<%"PRIprocId">", os_procIdSelf());
-    }
-    return size;
-}
-
-#undef _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_CMDLINE_LEN_
-#undef _OS_PROCESS_PROCFS_PATH_FMT_
-#undef _OS_PROCESS_DEFAULT_NAME_LEN_
diff --git a/src/os/src/vxworks/os_platform_process.c b/src/os/src/vxworks/os_platform_process.c
deleted file mode 100644
index fc0ccdc..0000000
--- a/src/os/src/vxworks/os_platform_process.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright(c) 2006 to 2018 ADLINK Technology Limited and others
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Eclipse Distribution License
- * v. 1.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- */
-#ifdef _WRS_KERNEL
-
-#include "os/os.h"
-
-/** \brief Return the process ID of the calling process
- *
- * Possible Results:
- * - returns the process ID of the calling process
- */
-os_procId
-os_procIdSelf(void)
-{
-    return getpid(); /* Mapped to taskIdSelf() in kernel mode */
-}
-
-#else
-#include "../posix/os_platform_process.c"
-#endif /* _WRS_KERNEL */
diff --git a/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_init.c b/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_init.c
index bce0825..e20bd91 100644
--- a/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_init.c
+++ b/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_init.c
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 void os_osPlatformInit (void)
 {
-  os_processModuleInit();
   os_threadModuleInit();
   os_timeModuleInit();
   os_socketModuleInit();
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ void os_osPlatformExit (void)
   os_socketModuleExit();
   os_timeModuleExit();
   os_threadModuleExit();
-  os_processModuleExit();
 }
 
 /* We need this on windows to make sure the main thread of MFC applications
diff --git a/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_process.c b/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_process.c
deleted file mode 100644
index dd228de..0000000
--- a/src/os/src/windows/os_platform_process.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright(c) 2006 to 2018 ADLINK Technology Limited and others
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Eclipse Distribution License
- * v. 1.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/edl-v10.php.
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause
- */
-/** \file os/win32/code/os_process.c
- *  \brief WIN32 process management
- *
- * Implements process management for WIN32
- */
-#include "os/os.h"
-
-#include <process.h>
-#include <assert.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-
-/* #642 fix : define mapping between scheduling abstraction and windows
- * Windows provides 6 scheduling classes for the process
- * IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS
- * BELOW_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
- * NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
- * ABOVE_NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS
- * HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS
- * REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS */
-
-/* These defaults should be modifiable through configuration */
-static const os_schedClass TIMESHARE_DEFAULT_SCHED_CLASS = NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS;
-static const os_schedClass REALTIME_DEFAULT_SCHED_CLASS  = REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS;
-
-static os_atomic_voidp_t os_procname = OS_ATOMIC_VOIDP_INIT(0);
-
-/* Protected functions */
-void
-os_processModuleInit(void)
-{
-    return;
-}
-
-void
-os_processModuleExit(void)
-{
-    void *pname;
-    do {
-        pname = os_atomic_ldvoidp(&os_procname);
-    } while (!os_atomic_casvoidp(&os_procname, pname, NULL));
-    os_free(pname);
-}
-
-/** \brief Return the process ID of the calling process
- *
- * Possible Results:
- * - returns the process ID of the calling process
- */
-os_procId
-os_procIdSelf(void)
-{
-   /* returns a pseudo HANDLE to process, no need to close it */
-   return GetProcessId (GetCurrentProcess());
-}
-
-/** \brief Figure out the identity of the current process
- *
- * Possible Results:
- * - returns the actual length of procIdentity
- *
- * Postcondition:
- * - \b procIdentity is ""
- *     the process identity could not be determined
- * - \b procIdentity is "<decimal number>"
- *     only the process numeric identity could be determined
- * - \b procIdentity is "name <pid>"
- *     the process name and numeric identity could be determined
- *
- * \b procIdentity will not be filled beyond the specified \b procIdentitySize
- */
-#define _OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN (512)
-int
-os_procNamePid(
-    _Out_writes_z_(procIdentitySize) char *procIdentity,
-    _In_ size_t procIdentitySize)
-{
-    int size;
-    char process_name[_OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN];
-
-    size = os_procName(process_name, sizeof(process_name));
-
-    if (size > 0) {
-        size = snprintf(procIdentity, procIdentitySize, "%s <%"PRIprocId">", process_name, os_procIdSelf());
-    } else {
-        /* No processname could be determined, so default to PID */
-        size = snprintf(procIdentity, procIdentitySize, "<%"PRIprocId">", os_procIdSelf());
-    }
-
-    return size;
-}
-
-int
-os_procName(
-    _Out_writes_z_(procNameSize) char *procName,
-    _In_ size_t procNameSize)
-{
-    char *process_name;
-
-    if ((process_name = os_atomic_ldvoidp(&os_procname)) == NULL) {
-        char *exec, *pname;
-        DWORD nSize, allocated = 0;
-
-        do {
-            /* While procNameSize could be used (since the caller cannot
-             * store more data anyway, it is not used. This way the amount that
-             * needs to be allocated to get the full-name can be determined. */
-            allocated++;
-            process_name = os_realloc(process_name, allocated * _OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN);
-            /* First parameter NULL retrieves module-name of executable */
-            nSize = GetModuleFileNameA(NULL, process_name, allocated * _OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN);
-
-            /* process_name will only be guaranteed to be NULL-terminated if nSize <
-             * (allocated * _OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN), so continue until that's true */
-        } while (nSize >= (allocated * _OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN));
-
-        exec = strrchr(process_name, '\\');
-        if (exec) {
-            /* skip all before the last '\' */
-            exec++;
-            memmove(process_name, exec, strlen(exec) + 1);
-            /* Could potentially realloc; can't be bothered */
-        }
-        do {
-            pname = os_atomic_ldvoidp(&os_procname);
-        } while (pname == NULL && !os_atomic_casvoidp(&os_procname, NULL, process_name));
-        if(pname) {
-            os_free(process_name);
-            process_name = pname;
-        }
-    }
-    return snprintf(procName, procNameSize, "%s", process_name);
-}
-#undef _OS_PROC_PROCES_NAME_LEN
diff --git a/src/os/tests/mutex.c b/src/os/tests/mutex.c
index ea56be4..f33a313 100644
--- a/src/os/tests/mutex.c
+++ b/src/os/tests/mutex.c
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ os_threadAttr       mutex_os_threadAttr;
 os_threadId         mutex_os_threadId[4];
 os_time             delay1 = { 5, 0 };
 os_time             pdelay = { 1, 0 };
-os_procId           mutex_os_procId;
-os_procId           mutex_os_procId1;
-os_procId           mutex_os_procId2;
 char                buffer[512];
 int                 supported_resultBusy;
 int                 loop;
diff --git a/src/os/tests/rwlock.c b/src/os/tests/rwlock.c
index 01b12ad..b36d144 100644
--- a/src/os/tests/rwlock.c
+++ b/src/os/tests/rwlock.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ os_threadAttr       rwlock_os_threadAttr;
 os_threadId         rwlock_os_threadId[RWLOCK_THREADS];
 static int          i;
 char                buffer[512];
-os_procId           rwlock_os_procId;
 int                 supported_resultBusy;
 int                 loop;
 static shared_data sd;
diff --git a/src/tools/pubsub/pubsub.c b/src/tools/pubsub/pubsub.c
index 2c58454..7f52f58 100644
--- a/src/tools/pubsub/pubsub.c
+++ b/src/tools/pubsub/pubsub.c
@@ -2196,7 +2196,7 @@ int MAIN(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         want_reader = 0;
 
     save_argv0 (argv[0]);
-    pid = (int) os_procIdSelf();
+    pid = (int) os_getpid();
 
     qreader[0] = "k=all";
     qreader[1] = "R=10000/inf/inf";