diff --git a/src/apprt.zig b/src/apprt.zig
index 147086f5f..c422aaeb4 100644
--- a/src/apprt.zig
+++ b/src/apprt.zig
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ pub const runtime = switch (build_config.artifact) {
 
 pub const App = runtime.App;
 pub const Surface = runtime.Surface;
-pub const IPC = runtime.IPC;
 
 /// Runtime is the runtime to use for Ghostty. All runtimes do not provide
 /// equivalent feature sets.
diff --git a/src/apprt/embedded.zig b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
index e8c9db8f4..0b6512599 100644
--- a/src/apprt/embedded.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/embedded.zig
@@ -319,6 +319,23 @@ pub const App = struct {
             else => {},
         }
     }
+
+    /// Send the given IPC to a running Ghostty. Returns `true` if the action was
+    /// able to be performed, `false` otherwise.
+    ///
+    /// Note that this is a static function. Since this is called from a CLI app (or
+    /// some other process that is not Ghostty) there is no full-featured apprt App
+    /// to use.
+    pub fn performIpc(
+        _: Allocator,
+        _: apprt.ipc.Target,
+        comptime action: apprt.ipc.Action.Key,
+        _: apprt.ipc.Action.Value(action),
+    ) (Allocator.Error || std.posix.WriteError || apprt.ipc.Errors)!bool {
+        switch (action) {
+            .new_window => return false,
+        }
+    }
 };
 
 /// Platform-specific configuration for libghostty.
@@ -1153,22 +1170,6 @@ pub const Inspector = struct {
     }
 };
 
-/// Functions for inter-process communication.
-pub const IPC = struct {
-    /// Send the given IPC to a running Ghostty. Returns `true` if the action was
-    /// able to be performed, `false` otherwise.
-    pub fn sendIPC(
-        _: Allocator,
-        _: apprt.ipc.Target,
-        comptime action: apprt.ipc.Action.Key,
-        _: apprt.ipc.Action.Value(action),
-    ) (Allocator.Error || std.posix.WriteError || apprt.ipc.Errors)!bool {
-        switch (action) {
-            .new_window => return false,
-        }
-    }
-};
-
 // C API
 pub const CAPI = struct {
     const global = &@import("../global.zig").state;
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk.zig b/src/apprt/gtk.zig
index 970923d37..3193065c4 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk.zig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 pub const App = @import("gtk/App.zig");
 pub const Surface = @import("gtk/Surface.zig");
 pub const resourcesDir = @import("gtk/flatpak.zig").resourcesDir;
-pub const IPC = @import("gtk/IPC.zig");
 
 test {
     @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
index ab12d1f33..314998285 100644
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/App.zig
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ const terminal = @import("../../terminal/main.zig");
 const Config = configpkg.Config;
 const CoreApp = @import("../../App.zig");
 const CoreSurface = @import("../../Surface.zig");
+const ipc = @import("ipc.zig");
 
 const cgroup = @import("cgroup.zig");
 const Surface = @import("Surface.zig");
@@ -547,6 +548,23 @@ pub fn performAction(
     return true;
 }
 
+/// Send the given IPC to a running Ghostty. Returns `true` if the action was
+/// able to be performed, `false` otherwise.
+///
+/// Note that this is a static function. Since this is called from a CLI app (or
+/// some other process that is not Ghostty) there is no full-featured apprt App
+/// to use.
+pub fn performIpc(
+    alloc: Allocator,
+    target: apprt.ipc.Target,
+    comptime action: apprt.ipc.Action.Key,
+    value: apprt.ipc.Action.Value(action),
+) (Allocator.Error || std.posix.WriteError || apprt.ipc.Errors)!bool {
+    switch (action) {
+        .new_window => return try ipc.openNewWindow(alloc, target, value),
+    }
+}
+
 fn newTab(_: *App, target: apprt.Target) !void {
     switch (target) {
         .app => {},
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/IPC.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/IPC.zig
deleted file mode 100644
index 780ddaf8d..000000000
--- a/src/apprt/gtk/IPC.zig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-//! Functions for inter-process communication.
-const IPC = @This();
-
-const std = @import("std");
-const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
-
-const apprt = @import("../../apprt.zig");
-
-pub const openNewWindow = @import("ipc/new_window.zig").openNewWindow;
-
-/// Send the given IPC to a running Ghostty. Returns `true` if the action was
-/// able to be performed, `false` otherwise.
-pub fn sendIPC(
-    alloc: Allocator,
-    target: apprt.ipc.Target,
-    comptime action: apprt.ipc.Action.Key,
-    value: apprt.ipc.Action.Value(action),
-) (Allocator.Error || std.posix.WriteError || apprt.ipc.Errors)!bool {
-    switch (action) {
-        .new_window => return try openNewWindow(alloc, target, value),
-    }
-}
-
-test {
-    _ = openNewWindow;
-}
diff --git a/src/apprt/gtk/ipc.zig b/src/apprt/gtk/ipc.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c2dc3887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/apprt/gtk/ipc.zig
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub const openNewWindow = @import("ipc/new_window.zig").openNewWindow;
diff --git a/src/apprt/none.zig b/src/apprt/none.zig
index 2359197ad..0483d824c 100644
--- a/src/apprt/none.zig
+++ b/src/apprt/none.zig
@@ -5,12 +5,9 @@ const internal_os = @import("../os/main.zig");
 const apprt = @import("../apprt.zig");
 pub const resourcesDir = internal_os.resourcesDir;
 
-pub const App = struct {};
-pub const Surface = struct {};
-/// Functions for inter-process communication.
-pub const IPC = struct {
+pub const App = struct {
     /// Always return false as there is no apprt to communicate with.
-    pub fn sendIPC(
+    pub fn performIpc(
         _: Allocator,
         _: apprt.ipc.Target,
         comptime action: apprt.ipc.Action.Key,
@@ -19,3 +16,4 @@ pub const IPC = struct {
         return false;
     }
 };
+pub const Surface = struct {};
diff --git a/src/cli/new_window.zig b/src/cli/new_window.zig
index 995c8b2f0..343175b4e 100644
--- a/src/cli/new_window.zig
+++ b/src/cli/new_window.zig
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ fn runArgs(alloc_gpa: Allocator, argsIter: anytype) !u8 {
     defer arena.deinit();
     const alloc = arena.allocator();
 
-    if (apprt.IPC.sendIPC(
+    if (apprt.App.performIpc(
         alloc,
         if (opts.class) |class| .{ .class = class } else .detect,
         .new_window,