diff --git a/redox-rt/src/proc.rs b/redox-rt/src/proc.rs
index d24e66f9a8..17ec32543a 100644
--- a/redox-rt/src/proc.rs
+++ b/redox-rt/src/proc.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ pub struct ExtraInfo<'a> {
     pub same_process: bool,
 }
 
-pub static mut FEXEC_STEP: usize = 0;
-
 pub use crate::sys::register_external_fd;
 
 #[expect(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
     // some misalignments, and then switch address space.
 
     let mut header_bytes = [0_u8; size_of::<Header>()];
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 1; }
     pread_all(&image_file, 0, &mut header_bytes)?;
     let header = Header::from_bytes(&header_bytes);
 
@@ -101,11 +98,9 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
     let grants_fd = if let Some(interp) = interp_override.as_ref() {
         FdGuard::new(interp.grants_fd).to_upper()?
     } else {
-        unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 2; }
         let current_addrspace_fd = thread_fd.dup_into_upper(b"addrspace")?;
         current_addrspace_fd.dup_into_upper(b"empty")?
     };
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 3; }
     grants_fd.fcntl(syscall::F_SETFD, O_CLOEXEC)?;
 
     // Never allow more than 1 MiB of program headers.
@@ -132,7 +127,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
         min_mmap_addr = cmp::max(min_mmap_addr, (addr + size).next_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE));
     };
 
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 4; }
     pread_all(
         &image_file,
         #[expect(clippy::useless_conversion, reason = "could be 32bit Header")]
@@ -164,7 +158,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
     let span = span.expect("ELF executables must contain at least one `PT_LOAD` segment");
     let span_size = (span.end - span.start).next_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE);
 
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 5; } // mmap base
     let base_addr = if header.e_type == ET_DYN {
         // PIE
         let addr = mmap_anon_remote(&grants_fd, 0, 0, span_size, MapFlags::PROT_NONE)?;
@@ -185,7 +178,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
     let mut phdrs_vaddr = 0;
     let mut interpreter = None;
 
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 6; }
     for ph_idx in 0..phnum {
         let ph_bytes = &phs[ph_idx * phentsize..(ph_idx + 1) * phentsize];
         let segment: &ProgramHeader =
@@ -205,7 +197,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
         match segment.p_type {
             PT_INTERP => {
                 let mut interp = vec![0_u8; segment.p_filesz as usize];
-                unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 60 + ph_idx * 10; }
                 pread_all(
                     &image_file,
                     #[expect(clippy::useless_conversion, reason = "could be 32bit ProgramHeader")]
@@ -226,7 +217,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
                     return Err(Error::new(ENOEXEC));
                 }
 
-                unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 61 + ph_idx * 10; }
                 mmap_anon_remote(
                     &grants_fd,
                     0,
@@ -243,7 +233,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
                 }
 
                 if filesz > 0 {
-                    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 62 + ph_idx * 10; }
                     let (_guard, dst_memory) = unsafe {
                         MmapGuard::map_mut_anywhere(
                             &grants_fd,
@@ -251,7 +240,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
                             (voff + filesz).next_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE),
                         )?
                     };
-                    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 63 + ph_idx * 10; }
                     pread_all(
                         &image_file,
                         #[expect(
@@ -282,7 +270,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
         }));
     }
 
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 7; }
     mmap_anon_remote(
         &grants_fd,
         0,
@@ -332,7 +319,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
         Ok(())
     };
 
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 9; }
     push(0)?;
     push(AT_NULL)?;
     if let Some(ref r#override) = interp_override {
@@ -365,7 +351,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
         + envs.iter().map(|env| env.len() + 1).sum::<usize>()
         + extrainfo.cwd.map_or(0, |s| s.len() + 1);
     let args_envs_size_aligned = total_args_envs_auxvpointee_size.next_multiple_of(PAGE_SIZE);
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 8; } // args/env mmap
     let target_args_env_address = mmap_anon_remote(
         &grants_fd,
         0,
@@ -491,7 +476,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
         let _ = mmap_min_fd.write(&usize::to_ne_bytes(min_mmap_addr));
     }
 
-    unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 10; }
     let addrspace_selection_fd = thread_fd.dup_into_upper(b"current-addrspace")?;
 
     let _ = addrspace_selection_fd.write(&create_set_addr_space_buf(
@@ -530,7 +514,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
             )
         };
 
-        unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 11; }
     {
             let filetable_fd = thread_fd.dup_into_upper(b"filetable-binary")?;
             let _ = filetable_fd.call_wo(
@@ -546,7 +529,6 @@ pub fn fexec_impl(
             }
         }
 
-        unsafe { FEXEC_STEP = 12; }
         unsafe {
             deactivate_tcb(thread_fd)?;
         }