diff --git a/daemon/core/emulator/session.py b/daemon/core/emulator/session.py
index 124637cb..436f80c1 100644
--- a/daemon/core/emulator/session.py
+++ b/daemon/core/emulator/session.py
@@ -728,27 +728,12 @@ class Session:
         self.state = state
         self.state_time = time.monotonic()
         logger.info("changing session(%s) to state %s", self.id, state.name)
-        self.write_state(state)
         self.run_hooks(state)
         self.run_state_hooks(state)
         if send_event:
             event_data = EventData(event_type=state, time=str(time.monotonic()))
             self.broadcast_event(event_data)
 
-    def write_state(self, state: EventTypes) -> None:
-        """
-        Write the state to a state file in the session dir.
-
-        :param state: state to write to file
-        :return: nothing
-        """
-        state_file = self.directory / "state"
-        try:
-            with state_file.open("w") as f:
-                f.write(f"{state.value} {state.name}\n")
-        except IOError:
-            logger.exception("error writing state file: %s", state.name)
-
     def run_hooks(self, state: EventTypes) -> None:
         """
         Run hook scripts upon changing states. If hooks is not specified, run all hooks
diff --git a/daemon/tests/conftest.py b/daemon/tests/conftest.py
index ed56dc95..b668fb07 100644
--- a/daemon/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/daemon/tests/conftest.py
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ def patcher(request):
             LinuxNetClient, "get_mac", return_value="00:00:00:00:00:00"
         )
         patch_manager.patch_obj(CoreNode, "create_file")
-        patch_manager.patch_obj(Session, "write_state")
     yield patch_manager
     patch_manager.shutdown()