diff --git a/callouts/nm-dispatcher.c b/callouts/nm-dispatcher.c
index 1ec7611b04..77f2153d62 100644
--- a/callouts/nm-dispatcher.c
+++ b/callouts/nm-dispatcher.c
@@ -364,15 +364,6 @@ check_filename (const char *file_name)
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-static void
-child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	/* Give child a different process group to ensure signal separation. */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-}
-
 #define SCRIPT_TIMEOUT 600  /* 10 minutes */
 
 static void
@@ -390,7 +381,7 @@ dispatch_one_script (Request *request)
 	if (request->debug)
 		g_message ("Running script '%s'", script->script);
 
-	if (g_spawn_async ("/", argv, request->envp, G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, child_setup, request, &script->pid, &error)) {
+	if (g_spawn_async ("/", argv, request->envp, G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, NULL, request, &script->pid, &error)) {
 		request->script_watch_id = g_child_watch_add (script->pid, (GChildWatchFunc) script_watch_cb, script);
 		request->script_timeout_id = g_timeout_add_seconds (SCRIPT_TIMEOUT, script_timeout_cb, script);
 	} else {
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index b9809a28a8..f3302981ee 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -326,8 +326,6 @@ nm_sources = \
 	nm-manager.h \
 	nm-policy.c \
 	nm-policy.h \
-	nm-posix-signals.c \
-	nm-posix-signals.h \
 	nm-properties-changed-signal.c \
 	nm-properties-changed-signal.h \
 	nm-rfkill-manager.c \
@@ -503,8 +501,6 @@ libnm_iface_helper_la_SOURCES = \
 	nm-enum-types.h \
 	nm-logging.c \
 	nm-logging.h \
-	nm-posix-signals.c \
-	nm-posix-signals.h \
 	NetworkManagerUtils.c \
 	NetworkManagerUtils.h
 
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
index 2225541c8d..2b4e7924d5 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "nm-setting-wireless.h"
 #include "nm-setting-wireless-security.h"
 #include "nm-auth-utils.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-glib-types.h"
 #include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
 
@@ -164,7 +163,7 @@ nm_spawn_process (const char *args, GError **error)
 	g_return_val_if_fail (!error || !*error, -1);
 
 	if (g_shell_parse_argv (args, &num_args, &argv, &local)) {
-		g_spawn_sync ("/", argv, NULL, 0, nm_unblock_posix_signals, NULL, NULL, NULL, &status, &local);
+		g_spawn_sync ("/", argv, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &status, &local);
 		g_strfreev (argv);
 	}
 
@@ -2690,3 +2689,21 @@ nm_utils_ip6_routes_from_gvalue (const GValue *value)
 
 	return g_slist_reverse (list);
 }
+
+/**
+ * nm_utils_setpgid:
+ * @unused: unused
+ *
+ * This can be passed as a child setup function to the g_spawn*() family
+ * of functions, to ensure that the child is in its own process group
+ * (and thus, in some situations, will not be killed when NetworkManager
+ * is killed).
+ */
+void
+nm_utils_setpgid (gpointer unused G_GNUC_UNUSED)
+{
+	pid_t pid;
+
+	pid = getpid ();
+	setpgid (pid, pid);
+}
diff --git a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
index ad584e2297..3b73fdc0fc 100644
--- a/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
+++ b/src/NetworkManagerUtils.h
@@ -209,4 +209,6 @@ GHashTable *nm_utils_connection_dict_to_hash (GVariant *dict);
 GSList *nm_utils_ip4_routes_from_gvalue (const GValue *value);
 GSList *nm_utils_ip6_routes_from_gvalue (const GValue *value);
 
+void nm_utils_setpgid (gpointer unused);
+
 #endif /* __NETWORKMANAGER_UTILS_H__ */
diff --git a/src/devices/nm-device.c b/src/devices/nm-device.c
index 398d9e05e4..bb3b64834b 100644
--- a/src/devices/nm-device.c
+++ b/src/devices/nm-device.c
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@
 #include "nm-enum-types.h"
 #include "nm-settings-connection.h"
 #include "nm-connection-provider.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-auth-utils.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-glib-types.h"
 #include "nm-dispatcher.h"
@@ -2919,23 +2918,6 @@ aipd_timeout_cb (gpointer user_data)
 	return FALSE;
 }
 
-static void
-aipd_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point.
-	 * Give child it's own program group for signal
-	 * separation.
-	 */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for avahi-autoipd here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 /* default to installed helper, but can be modified for testing */
 const char *nm_device_autoipd_helper_path = LIBEXECDIR "/nm-avahi-autoipd.action";
 
@@ -2975,7 +2957,7 @@ aipd_start (NMDevice *self, NMDeviceStateReason *reason)
 	g_free (cmdline);
 
 	if (!g_spawn_async ("/", (char **) argv, NULL, G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
-	                    &aipd_child_setup, NULL, &(priv->aipd_pid), &error)) {
+	                    nm_utils_setpgid, NULL, &(priv->aipd_pid), &error)) {
 		_LOGW (LOGD_DEVICE | LOGD_AUTOIP4,
 		       "Activation: Stage 3 of 5 (IP Configure Start) failed"
 		       " to start avahi-autoipd: %s",
@@ -5341,8 +5323,7 @@ send_arps (NMDevice *self, const char *mode_arg)
 		       "arping: run %s", (tmp_str = g_strjoinv (" ", (char **) argv)));
 		success = g_spawn_async (NULL, (char **) argv, NULL,
 		                         G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
-		                         nm_unblock_posix_signals,
-		                         NULL, NULL, &error);
+		                         NULL, NULL, NULL, &error);
 		if (!success) {
 			_LOGW (LOGD_DEVICE | LOGD_IP4,
 			       "arping: could not send ARP for local address %s: %s",
@@ -6483,7 +6464,7 @@ spawn_ping (NMDevice *self,
 	                         (gchar **) args,
 	                         NULL,
 	                         G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
-	                         nm_unblock_posix_signals,
+	                         NULL,
 	                         NULL,
 	                         &priv->gw_ping.pid,
 	                         &error);
diff --git a/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c b/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c
index a8466466b4..dc61f27f57 100644
--- a/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c
+++ b/src/devices/team/nm-device-team.c
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 #include "nm-dbus-manager.h"
 #include "nm-enum-types.h"
 #include "nm-team-enum-types.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
 #include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
 
@@ -424,23 +423,6 @@ teamd_process_watch_cb (GPid pid, gint status, gpointer user_data)
 	}
 }
 
-static void
-teamd_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point.
-	 * Give child it's own program group for signal
-	 * separation.
-	 */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for avahi-autoipd here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static gboolean
 teamd_kill (NMDeviceTeam *self, const char *teamd_binary, GError **error)
 {
@@ -463,7 +445,7 @@ teamd_kill (NMDeviceTeam *self, const char *teamd_binary, GError **error)
 	g_ptr_array_add (argv, NULL);
 
 	_LOGD (LOGD_TEAM, "running: %s", (tmp_str = g_strjoinv (" ", (gchar **) argv->pdata)));
-	return g_spawn_sync ("/", (char **) argv->pdata, NULL, 0, nm_unblock_posix_signals, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, error);
+	return g_spawn_sync ("/", (char **) argv->pdata, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, error);
 }
 
 static gboolean
@@ -514,7 +496,7 @@ teamd_start (NMDevice *device, NMSettingTeam *s_team)
 
 	_LOGD (LOGD_TEAM, "running: %s", (tmp_str = g_strjoinv (" ", (gchar **) argv->pdata)));
 	if (!g_spawn_async ("/", (char **) argv->pdata, NULL, G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
-	                    teamd_child_setup, NULL, &priv->teamd_pid, &error)) {
+	                    nm_utils_setpgid, NULL, &priv->teamd_pid, &error)) {
 		_LOGW (LOGD_TEAM, "Activation: (team) failed to start teamd: %s", error->message);
 		teamd_cleanup (device, TRUE);
 		return FALSE;
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
index 504e8d5d17..91515ddac1 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhclient.c
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 #include "nm-dhcp-dhclient-utils.h"
 #include "nm-dhcp-manager.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-dhcp-listener.h"
 #include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
@@ -301,20 +300,6 @@ create_dhclient_config (const char *iface,
 }
 
 
-static void
-dhclient_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for dhclient here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static gboolean
 dhclient_start (NMDhcpClient *client,
                 const char *mode_opt,
@@ -457,7 +442,7 @@ dhclient_start (NMDhcpClient *client,
 
 	if (g_spawn_async (NULL, (char **) argv->pdata, NULL,
 	                   G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD | G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
-	                   &dhclient_child_setup, NULL, &pid, &error)) {
+	                   nm_utils_setpgid, NULL, &pid, &error)) {
 		g_assert (pid > 0);
 		nm_log_info (log_domain, "dhclient started with pid %d", pid);
 		if (release == FALSE)
diff --git a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
index e5a40c2fba..86aba4dac1 100644
--- a/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
+++ b/src/dhcp-manager/nm-dhcp-dhcpcd.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include "nm-dhcp-manager.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-dhcp-listener.h"
 
@@ -59,20 +58,6 @@ nm_dhcp_dhcpcd_get_path (void)
 	return path;
 }
 
-static void
-dhcpcd_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for dhcpcd here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static gboolean
 ip4_start (NMDhcpClient *client, const char *dhcp_anycast_addr, const char *last_ip4_address)
 {
@@ -143,7 +128,7 @@ ip4_start (NMDhcpClient *client, const char *dhcp_anycast_addr, const char *last
 
 	if (g_spawn_async (NULL, (char **) argv->pdata, NULL,
 	                   G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD | G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
-	                   &dhcpcd_child_setup, NULL, &pid, &error)) {
+	                   nm_utils_setpgid, NULL, &pid, &error)) {
 		g_assert (pid > 0);
 		nm_log_info (LOGD_DHCP4, "dhcpcd started with pid %d", pid);
 		nm_dhcp_client_watch_child (client, pid);
diff --git a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-manager.c b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-manager.c
index 123478533f..dfc629055a 100644
--- a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-manager.c
+++ b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-manager.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #include "nm-ip6-config.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-config.h"
 
 #include "nm-dns-plugin.h"
@@ -233,19 +232,6 @@ merge_one_ip6_config (NMResolvConfData *rc, NMIP6Config *src)
 /**********************************/
 /* SUSE */
 
-static void
-netconfig_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for netconfig here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static GPid
 run_netconfig (GError **error, gint *stdin_fd)
 {
@@ -263,7 +249,7 @@ run_netconfig (GError **error, gint *stdin_fd)
 	nm_log_dbg (LOGD_DNS, "spawning '%s'", tmp);
 	g_free (tmp);
 
-	if (!g_spawn_async_with_pipes (NULL, argv, NULL, G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, netconfig_child_setup,
+	if (!g_spawn_async_with_pipes (NULL, argv, NULL, G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD, NULL,
 	                               NULL, &pid, stdin_fd, NULL, NULL, error))
 		return -1;
 
diff --git a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-plugin.c b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-plugin.c
index c684464e59..5b95d1c50a 100644
--- a/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-plugin.c
+++ b/src/dns-manager/nm-dns-plugin.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 
 #include "nm-dns-plugin.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -136,20 +135,6 @@ watch_cb (GPid pid, gint status, gpointer user_data)
 	g_signal_emit (self, signals[CHILD_QUIT], 0, status);
 }
 
-static void
-child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for DNS plugin here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 GPid
 nm_dns_plugin_child_spawn (NMDnsPlugin *self,
                            const char **argv,
@@ -183,8 +168,8 @@ nm_dns_plugin_child_spawn (NMDnsPlugin *self,
 	priv->pid = 0;
 	if (g_spawn_async (NULL, (char **) argv, NULL,
 	                   G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
-	                   child_setup,
-	                   NULL, &priv->pid,
+	                   nm_utils_setpgid, NULL,
+	                   &priv->pid,
 	                   &error)) {
 		nm_log_dbg (LOGD_DNS, "%s started with pid %d", priv->progname, priv->pid);
 		priv->watch_id = g_child_watch_add (priv->pid, (GChildWatchFunc) watch_cb, self);
diff --git a/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c b/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
index 2f38ea7104..a85631bcb1 100644
--- a/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
+++ b/src/dnsmasq-manager/nm-dnsmasq-manager.c
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
 #include "nm-dnsmasq-utils.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 #include "nm-glib-compat.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-utils.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 
@@ -296,20 +295,6 @@ create_dm_cmd_line (const char *iface,
 	return cmd;
 }
 
-static void
-dm_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for dnsmasq here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static void
 kill_existing_for_iface (const char *iface, const char *pidfile)
 {
@@ -374,9 +359,9 @@ nm_dnsmasq_manager_start (NMDnsMasqManager *manager,
 
 	priv->pid = 0;
 	if (!g_spawn_async (NULL, (char **) dm_cmd->array->pdata, NULL,
-					G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
-					dm_child_setup,
-					NULL, &priv->pid, error)) {
+	                    G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
+	                    nm_utils_setpgid, NULL,
+	                    &priv->pid, error)) {
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main-utils.c b/src/main-utils.c
index cf1c3fb7e2..ace5cea04a 100644
--- a/src/main-utils.c
+++ b/src/main-utils.c
@@ -31,105 +31,63 @@
 
 #include <glib.h>
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
+#include <glib-unix.h>
 #include <gmodule.h>
 
 #include "nm-glib-compat.h"
 
 #include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
 #include "main-utils.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 
-static sigset_t signal_set;
-static gboolean *quit_early = NULL;
-
-/*
- * Thread function waiting for signals and processing them.
- * Wait for signals in signal set. The semantics of sigwait() require that all
- * threads (including the thread calling sigwait()) have the signal masked, for
- * reliable operation. Otherwise, a signal that arrives while this thread is
- * not blocked in sigwait() might be delivered to another thread.
- */
-static void *
-signal_handling_thread (void *arg)
+static gboolean
+sighup_handler (gpointer user_data)
 {
-	GMainLoop *main_loop = arg;
-	int signo;
+	/* Reread config stuff like system config files, VPN service files, etc */
+	nm_main_config_reload ();
 
-	while (1) {
-		sigwait (&signal_set, &signo);
+	return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+}
 
-		switch (signo) {
-		case SIGINT:
-		case SIGTERM:
-			nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "caught signal %d, shutting down normally.", signo);
-			*quit_early = TRUE; /* for quitting before entering the main loop */
-			g_main_loop_quit (main_loop);
-			break;
-		case SIGHUP:
-			/* Reread config stuff like system config files, VPN service files, etc */
-			nm_main_config_reload ();
-			break;
-		case SIGPIPE:
-			/* silently ignore signal */
-			break;
-		default:
-			nm_log_err (LOGD_CORE, "caught unexpected signal %d", signo);
-			break;
-		}
-    }
-    return NULL;
+static gboolean
+sigint_handler (gpointer user_data)
+{
+	GMainLoop *main_loop = user_data;
+
+	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "caught SIGINT, shutting down normally.");
+	g_main_loop_quit (main_loop);
+
+	return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+sigterm_handler (gpointer user_data)
+{
+	GMainLoop *main_loop = user_data;
+
+	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "caught SIGTERM, shutting down normally.");
+	g_main_loop_quit (main_loop);
+
+	return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
 /**
  * nm_main_utils_setup_signals:
  * @main_loop: the #GMainLoop to quit when SIGINT or SIGTERM is received
- * @quit_early: location of a variable that will be set to TRUE when
- *   SIGINT or SIGTERM is received
  *
- * Mask the signals we are interested in and create a signal handling thread.
- * Because all threads inherit the signal mask from their creator, all threads
- * in the process will have the signals masked. That's why setup_signals() has
- * to be called before creating other threads.
- *
- * Returns: %TRUE on success
+ * Sets up signal handling for NetworkManager.
  */
-gboolean
-nm_main_utils_setup_signals (GMainLoop *main_loop, gboolean *quit_early_ptr)
+void
+nm_main_utils_setup_signals (GMainLoop *main_loop)
 {
-	pthread_t signal_thread_id;
-	sigset_t old_sig_mask;
-	int status;
+	g_return_if_fail (main_loop != NULL);
 
-	g_return_val_if_fail (main_loop != NULL, FALSE);
-	g_return_val_if_fail (quit_early_ptr != NULL, FALSE);
+	signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
-	quit_early = quit_early_ptr;
-
-	sigemptyset (&signal_set);
-	sigaddset (&signal_set, SIGHUP);
-	sigaddset (&signal_set, SIGINT);
-	sigaddset (&signal_set, SIGTERM);
-	sigaddset (&signal_set, SIGPIPE);
-
-	/* Block all signals of interest. */
-	status = pthread_sigmask (SIG_BLOCK, &signal_set, &old_sig_mask);
-	if (status != 0) {
-		fprintf (stderr, _("Failed to set signal mask: %d"), status);
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-	/* Save original mask so that we could use it for child processes. */
-	nm_save_original_signal_mask (old_sig_mask);
-
-	/* Create the signal handling thread. */
-	status = pthread_create (&signal_thread_id, NULL, signal_handling_thread, main_loop);
-	if (status != 0) {
-		fprintf (stderr, _("Failed to create signal handling thread: %d"), status);
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-
-	return TRUE;
+	g_unix_signal_add (SIGHUP, sighup_handler, NULL);
+	g_unix_signal_add (SIGINT, sigint_handler, main_loop);
+	g_unix_signal_add (SIGTERM, sigterm_handler, main_loop);
 }
 
 gboolean
diff --git a/src/main-utils.h b/src/main-utils.h
index a34a6df40e..7adfa94940 100644
--- a/src/main-utils.h
+++ b/src/main-utils.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 void     nm_main_utils_ensure_root (void);
 
-gboolean nm_main_utils_setup_signals (GMainLoop *main_loop, gboolean *quit_early_ptr);
+void     nm_main_utils_setup_signals (GMainLoop *main_loop);
 
 void     nm_main_utils_ensure_rundir (void);
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index b7eae807dd..4c7dcb0ff3 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include "nm-vpn-manager.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 #include "nm-config.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-session-monitor.h"
 #include "nm-dispatcher.h"
 #include "nm-settings.h"
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@
 #define NM_DEFAULT_SYSTEM_STATE_FILE NMSTATEDIR "/NetworkManager.state"
 
 static GMainLoop *main_loop = NULL;
-static gboolean quit_early = FALSE;
+static gboolean configure_and_quit = FALSE;
 
 static struct {
 	gboolean show_version;
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ manager_configure_quit (NMManager *manager, gpointer user_data)
 {
 	nm_log_info (LOGD_CORE, "quitting now that startup is complete");
 	g_main_loop_quit (main_loop);
-	quit_early = TRUE;
+	configure_and_quit = TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -400,8 +399,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	}
 
 	/* Set up unix signal handling - before creating threads, but after daemonizing! */
-	if (!nm_main_utils_setup_signals (main_loop, &quit_early))
-		exit (1);
+	nm_main_utils_setup_signals (main_loop);
 
 	nm_logging_syslog_openlog (global_opt.debug);
 
@@ -516,8 +514,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	success = TRUE;
 
-	/* Told to quit before getting to the mainloop by the signal handler */
-	if (!quit_early)
+	if (configure_and_quit == FALSE)
 		g_main_loop_run (main_loop);
 
 	nm_manager_stop (manager);
diff --git a/src/nm-activation-request.c b/src/nm-activation-request.c
index 30ce751522..2c084b874e 100644
--- a/src/nm-activation-request.c
+++ b/src/nm-activation-request.c
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 #include "nm-device.h"
 #include "nm-active-connection.h"
 #include "nm-settings-connection.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-auth-subject.h"
 
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (NMActRequest, nm_act_request, NM_TYPE_ACTIVE_CONNECTION)
@@ -196,16 +195,6 @@ clear_share_rules (NMActRequest *req)
 	priv->share_rules = NULL;
 }
 
-static void
-share_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 void
 nm_act_request_set_shared (NMActRequest *req, gboolean shared)
 {
@@ -243,7 +232,7 @@ nm_act_request_set_shared (NMActRequest *req, gboolean shared)
 
 			nm_log_info (LOGD_SHARING, "Executing: %s", cmd);
 			if (!g_spawn_sync ("/", argv, envp, G_SPAWN_STDOUT_TO_DEV_NULL | G_SPAWN_STDERR_TO_DEV_NULL,
-			                   share_child_setup, NULL, NULL, NULL, &status, &error)) {
+			                   NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, &status, &error)) {
 				nm_log_warn (LOGD_SHARING, "Error executing command: (%d) %s",
 				             error ? error->code : -1,
 				             (error && error->message) ? error->message : "(unknown)");
diff --git a/src/nm-dcb.c b/src/nm-dcb.c
index 34b9246fb8..8bf3858a3d 100644
--- a/src/nm-dcb.c
+++ b/src/nm-dcb.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #include "nm-dcb.h"
 #include "nm-platform.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 
 static const char *helper_names[] = { "dcbtool", "fcoeadm" };
@@ -305,7 +304,7 @@ run_helper (char **argv, guint which, gpointer user_data, GError **error)
 	nm_log_dbg (LOGD_DCB, "%s", cmdline);
 
 	success = g_spawn_sync ("/", argv, NULL, 0 /*G_SPAWN_DEFAULT*/,
-	                        nm_unblock_posix_signals, NULL,
+	                        NULL, NULL,
 	                        &outmsg, &errmsg, &exit_status, error);
 	/* Log any stderr output */
 	if (success && WIFEXITED (exit_status) && WEXITSTATUS (exit_status) && (errmsg || outmsg)) {
diff --git a/src/nm-iface-helper.c b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
index d46ba1e8c3..b4e2cb07ac 100644
--- a/src/nm-iface-helper.c
+++ b/src/nm-iface-helper.c
@@ -263,24 +263,16 @@ rdisc_ra_timeout (NMRDisc *rdisc, gpointer user_data)
 static gboolean
 quit_handler (gpointer user_data)
 {
-	gboolean *quit_early_ptr = user_data;
-
-	*quit_early_ptr = TRUE;
 	g_main_loop_quit (main_loop);
-	return G_SOURCE_CONTINUE;
+	return G_SOURCE_REMOVE;
 }
 
 static void
-setup_signals (gboolean *quit_early_ptr)
+setup_signals (void)
 {
-	sigset_t sigmask;
-
-	sigemptyset (&sigmask);
-	pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, &sigmask, NULL);
-
 	signal (SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
-	g_unix_signal_add (SIGINT, quit_handler, quit_early_ptr);
-	g_unix_signal_add (SIGTERM, quit_handler, quit_early_ptr);
+	g_unix_signal_add (SIGINT, quit_handler, NULL);
+	g_unix_signal_add (SIGTERM, quit_handler, NULL);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -338,7 +330,6 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	GError *error = NULL;
 	gboolean wrote_pidfile = FALSE;
 	gs_free char *pidfile = NULL;
-	gboolean quit_early = FALSE;
 	gs_unref_object NMDhcpClient *dhcp4_client = NULL;
 	gs_unref_object NMRDisc *rdisc = NULL;
 	GByteArray *hwaddr = NULL;
@@ -415,7 +406,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	/* Set up unix signal handling - before creating threads, but after daemonizing! */
 	main_loop = g_main_loop_new (NULL, FALSE);
-	setup_signals (&quit_early);
+	setup_signals ();
 
 	nm_logging_syslog_openlog (global_opt.debug);
 
@@ -493,8 +484,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 		nm_rdisc_start (rdisc);
 	}
 
-	if (!quit_early)
-		g_main_loop_run (main_loop);
+	g_main_loop_run (main_loop);
 
 	g_clear_pointer (&hwaddr, g_byte_array_unref);
 
diff --git a/src/nm-posix-signals.c b/src/nm-posix-signals.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 22fed83103..0000000000
--- a/src/nm-posix-signals.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
- */
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#include <signal.h>
-
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
-
-
-/* Stores the original signal mask of NetworkManager process */
-static sigset_t nm_original_signal_mask;
-
-void
-nm_save_original_signal_mask (sigset_t sig_mask)
-{
-	nm_original_signal_mask = sig_mask;
-}
-
-const sigset_t *
-nm_get_original_signal_mask (void)
-{
-	return &nm_original_signal_mask;
-}
-
-/* 
- * Unblock signals.
- * If a signal set is passed, those signals are unblocked. If user_data is NULL
- * the process' signal mask is set to the saved original mask.
- * Note: This function can be used in g_spawn_* as GSpawnChildSetupFunc()
- *       callback.
- */
-void
-nm_unblock_posix_signals (gpointer user_data)
-{
-	sigset_t *user_sigset = (sigset_t *) user_data;
-
-	if (user_sigset != NULL) {
-		pthread_sigmask (SIG_UNBLOCK, user_sigset, NULL);
-	} else {
-		const sigset_t *orig_sig_mask = nm_get_original_signal_mask ();
-		pthread_sigmask (SIG_SETMASK, orig_sig_mask, NULL);
-	}
-}
-
diff --git a/src/nm-posix-signals.h b/src/nm-posix-signals.h
deleted file mode 100644
index e2af559bab..0000000000
--- a/src/nm-posix-signals.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/* -*- Mode: C; tab-width: 4; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 4 -*- */
-/* NetworkManager -- Network link manager
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
- * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
- * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
- */
-
-#ifndef __NETWORKMANAGER_POSIX_SIGNALS_H__
-#define __NETWORKMANAGER_POSIX_SIGNALS_H__
-
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-
-/*
- * This function can be used in g_spawn_* as GSpawnChildSetupFunc()
- * callback.
- */
-void nm_unblock_posix_signals (gpointer user_data);
-
-void nm_save_original_signal_mask (sigset_t sig_mask);
-const sigset_t *nm_get_original_signal_mask (void);
-
-#endif /* __NETWORKMANAGER_POSIX_SIGNALS_H__ */
diff --git a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
index 414b16c91c..73528aa9d5 100644
--- a/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
+++ b/src/ppp-manager/nm-ppp-manager.c
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@
 #include "nm-ppp-manager.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-manager.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-platform.h"
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
 
@@ -1030,20 +1029,6 @@ create_pppd_cmd_line (NMPPPManager *self,
 	return cmd;
 }
 
-static void
-pppd_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for pppd here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static void
 pppoe_fill_defaults (NMSettingPpp *setting)
 {
@@ -1141,8 +1126,8 @@ nm_ppp_manager_start (NMPPPManager *manager,
 	priv->pid = 0;
 	if (!g_spawn_async (NULL, (char **) ppp_cmd->array->pdata, NULL,
 	                    G_SPAWN_DO_NOT_REAP_CHILD,
-	                    pppd_child_setup,
-	                    NULL, &priv->pid, err)) {
+	                    nm_utils_setpgid, NULL,
+	                    &priv->pid, err)) {
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ibft/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ibft/reader.c
index 833818c876..9f95123282 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ibft/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ibft/reader.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
 
 #include "nm-core-internal.h"
 #include "nm-platform.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 
@@ -44,22 +43,6 @@
 
 #define PARSE_WARNING(msg...) nm_log_warn (LOGD_SETTINGS, "    " msg)
 
-static void
-iscsiadm_child_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process here; set a different process group to
-	 * ensure signal isolation between child and parent.
-	 */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for iscsiadm here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 /* Removes trailing whitespace and whitespace before and immediately after the '=' */
 static char *
 remove_most_whitespace (const char *src)
@@ -126,7 +109,7 @@ read_ibft_blocks (const char *iscsiadm_path,
 	g_return_val_if_fail (out_blocks != NULL && *out_blocks == NULL, FALSE);
 
 	if (!g_spawn_sync ("/", (char **) argv, (char **) envp, 0,
-	                   iscsiadm_child_setup, NULL, &out, &err, &status, error))
+	                   NULL, NULL, &out, &err, &status, error))
 		goto done;
 
 	if (!WIFEXITED (status)) {
diff --git a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
index 8f6a4fb2ad..31928343ce 100644
--- a/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
+++ b/src/settings/plugins/ifcfg-rh/reader.c
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
 #include <nm-utils.h>
 
 #include "nm-platform.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "NetworkManagerUtils.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
 #include "gsystem-local-alloc.h"
diff --git a/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-service.c b/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-service.c
index b46d13ecf7..77220dd2ea 100644
--- a/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-service.c
+++ b/src/vpn-manager/nm-vpn-service.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "nm-vpn-service.h"
 #include "nm-dbus-manager.h"
 #include "nm-logging.h"
-#include "nm-posix-signals.h"
 #include "nm-vpn-manager.h"
 #include "nm-glib-compat.h"
 
@@ -167,20 +166,6 @@ nm_vpn_service_stop_connections (NMVpnService *service,
 	g_clear_pointer (&priv->pending, g_slist_free);
 }
 
-static void
-_daemon_setup (gpointer user_data G_GNUC_UNUSED)
-{
-	/* We are in the child process at this point */
-	pid_t pid = getpid ();
-	setpgid (pid, pid);
-
-	/*
-	 * We blocked signals in main(). We need to restore original signal
-	 * mask for VPN service here so that it can receive signals.
-	 */
-	nm_unblock_posix_signals (NULL);
-}
-
 static gboolean
 _daemon_exec_timeout (gpointer data)
 {
@@ -207,7 +192,7 @@ nm_vpn_service_daemon_exec (NMVpnService *service, GError **error)
 	vpn_argv[0] = priv->program;
 	vpn_argv[1] = NULL;
 
-	success = g_spawn_async (NULL, vpn_argv, NULL, 0, _daemon_setup, NULL, &pid, &spawn_error);
+	success = g_spawn_async (NULL, vpn_argv, NULL, 0, nm_utils_setpgid, NULL, &pid, &spawn_error);
 	if (success) {
 		nm_log_info (LOGD_VPN, "VPN service '%s' started (%s), PID %ld",
 		             priv->name, priv->dbus_service, (long int) pid);