diff --git a/protocols/session_management_v2.xml b/protocols/session_management_v2.xml
index 65b4866..096d9cf 100644
--- a/protocols/session_management_v2.xml
+++ b/protocols/session_management_v2.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
    <description summary="start registering a new session, returning an owning session object">
     Returns a session_management_session object bound to the calling
     connection. The client may stage optional fields before creating the
-    session directly or through a delegated cgroup object.
+    session directly or with a delegated cgroup.
    </description>
    <arg name="uid" type="uint" summary="user id"/>
    <returns iface="session_management_session"/>
@@ -99,56 +99,11 @@
    <description summary="destroy this object and tear down the session"/>
   </c2s>
   <c2s name="delegate_cgroup" since="2">
-   <description summary="create a delegated cgroup for the session">
-    Must be sent while staged. Creates the cgroup that will contain the
-    session and returns an independent cgroup control object. The object
-    exposes the path for a session supervisor such as dinit to pass to its
-    --cgroup-path option and manage directly. The object owns the cgroup and
-    its destruction destroys the cgroup.
+   <description summary="delegate the session cgroup">
+    Must be sent while staged. The daemon will create and delegate the
+    session cgroup when the session is committed. The requesting process is
+    placed in it and may discover its path through /proc/self/cgroup.
    </description>
-   <returns iface="session_management_cgroup"/>
-  </c2s>
- </object>
-
- <object name="session_management_cgroup" version="2">
-  <description summary="delegated session cgroup">
-   Control object for the cgroup created for a staged session. The object is
-   usable independently by a session supervisor such as dinit, which can
-   manage the cgroup using the delegated path. Destroying this object
-   destroys the delegated cgroup.
-  </description>
-  <s2c name="path" since="2">
-   <description summary="delegated cgroup path">
-    Reports the exact path of the cgroup created for this object. The client
-    may use this path to edit the cgroup directly.
-   </description>
-   <arg name="path" type="varchar" summary="delegated cgroup path"/>
-  </s2c>
-  <s2c name="error" since="2">
-   <description summary="cgroup delegation failed"/>
-   <arg name="code" type="enum" interface="error_code" summary="error kind"/>
-   <arg name="message" type="varchar" summary="human-readable error detail"/>
-  </s2c>
-  <c2s name="controller" since="2">
-   <description summary="request a cgroup controller">
-    Must be sent before the session is committed. May be sent repeatedly.
-    The requested controller name is made available to the delegated manager
-    when supported by the kernel and permitted by daemon policy. The daemon
-    does not enable the controller in the delegated cgroup; the delegated
-    manager may enable it for its own child cgroups.
-   </description>
-   <arg name="name" type="varchar" summary="cgroup controller name"/>
-  </c2s>
-  <c2s name="commit" since="2">
-   <description summary="commit cgroup delegation configuration">
-    Must be sent after all controller requests and before the owning session
-    is committed. After this request, no further controller requests are
-    allowed. The daemon creates and delegates the cgroup when the owning
-    session is committed, then responds with path or error.
-   </description>
-  </c2s>
-  <c2s name="destroy" destructor="true" since="2">
-   <description summary="destroy this object and its cgroup"/>
   </c2s>
  </object>
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 3df04f8..4536466 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -17,9 +17,7 @@ use calloop::{generic, timer};
 use clap::{Parser, ValueEnum};
 use hyprwire::client;
 use session_core_v1::{session_core_manager, session_core_session};
-use session_management_v2::{
-    session_management_cgroup, session_management_session, session_manager,
-};
+use session_management_v2::{session_management_session, session_manager};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
 use std::os::fd::AsRawFd;
 use std::os::unix::process::CommandExt;
@@ -57,9 +55,6 @@ struct PendingManagedSession {
     uid: u32,
     object: session_management_session::SessionManagementSession,
     envs: BTreeMap<String, String>,
-    hook: Option<process::Child>,
-    cgroup_delegate: Option<session_management_cgroup::SessionManagementCgroup>,
-    delegated_cgroup_path: Option<path::PathBuf>,
 }
 
 struct ManagedSession {
@@ -69,7 +64,6 @@ struct ManagedSession {
     envs: BTreeMap<String, String>,
     hook: Option<process::Child>,
     config: config::Config,
-    _cgroup_delegate: Option<session_management_cgroup::SessionManagementCgroup>,
 }
 
 impl ManagedSession {
@@ -235,6 +229,15 @@ impl ManagedSession {
     }
 }
 
+fn current_cgroup_path() -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+    let cgroup = std::fs::read_to_string("/proc/self/cgroup")?;
+    cgroup
+        .lines()
+        .find_map(|line| line.strip_prefix("0::"))
+        .map(str::to_owned)
+        .ok_or_else(|| anyhow::anyhow!("unified cgroup path not found in /proc/self/cgroup"))
+}
+
 struct SessiondHooks {
     pending_managed_sessions: Vec<PendingManagedSession>,
     managed_sessions: Vec<ManagedSession>,
@@ -333,14 +336,28 @@ impl hyprwire::Dispatch<session_management_session::SessionManagementSession> fo
                     return;
                 };
 
+                let cgroup_path = if self.delegate_cgroup {
+                    match current_cgroup_path() {
+                        Ok(path) => path,
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            log::error!(
+                                uid = session.uid,
+                                error:% = err;
+                                "failed to determine delegated cgroup path"
+                            );
+                            String::new()
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    String::new()
+                };
+
                 let ctx = config::SessionContext {
                     uid: session.uid,
                     user: user.name().to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
                     home: user.home_dir().to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
                     shell: user.shell().to_string_lossy().into_owned(),
-                    cgroup_path: session
-                        .delegated_cgroup_path
-                        .map_or_else(String::new, |path| path.to_string_lossy().into_owned()),
+                    cgroup_path,
                 };
                 let config = match config::Config::load(&self.config_path, &ctx) {
                     Ok(config) => config,
@@ -359,9 +376,8 @@ impl hyprwire::Dispatch<session_management_session::SessionManagementSession> fo
                     uid: session.uid,
                     _object: session.object,
                     envs: session.envs,
-                    hook: session.hook,
+                    hook: None,
                     config,
-                    _cgroup_delegate: session.cgroup_delegate,
                 };
                 managed_session.envs.extend(BTreeMap::from([
                     (
@@ -456,23 +472,15 @@ impl hyprwire::Dispatch<session_core_session::SessionCoreSession> for SessiondHo
                     .send_create_session::<Self>(session.uid)
                     .unwrap();
 
-                let mut pending_managed_session = PendingManagedSession {
+                let pending_managed_session = PendingManagedSession {
                     id: 0,
                     uid: session.uid,
                     object: session_object,
                     envs: BTreeMap::new(),
-                    hook: None,
-                    cgroup_delegate: None,
-                    delegated_cgroup_path: None,
                 };
 
-                if self.delegate_cgroup
-                    && let Some(cgroup_delegate) = pending_managed_session
-                        .object
-                        .send_delegate_cgroup::<Self>()
-                {
-                    cgroup_delegate.send_commit();
-                    pending_managed_session.cgroup_delegate = Some(cgroup_delegate);
+                if self.delegate_cgroup {
+                    pending_managed_session.object.send_delegate_cgroup();
                 }
                 pending_managed_session
                     .object
@@ -586,32 +594,6 @@ impl hyprwire::Dispatch<session_core_session::SessionCoreSession> for SessiondHo
     }
 }
 
-impl hyprwire::Dispatch<session_management_cgroup::SessionManagementCgroup> for SessiondHooks {
-    fn event(
-        &mut self,
-        object: &session_management_cgroup::SessionManagementCgroup,
-        event: <session_management_cgroup::SessionManagementCgroup as hyprwire::Object>::Event<'_>,
-    ) {
-        match event {
-            session_management_cgroup::Event::Path { path } => {
-                let Some(session) = self.pending_managed_sessions.iter_mut().find(|session| {
-                    session
-                        .cgroup_delegate
-                        .as_ref()
-                        .is_some_and(|delegate| delegate == object)
-                }) else {
-                    return;
-                };
-                session.delegated_cgroup_path = Some(path.into());
-            }
-            session_management_cgroup::Event::Error {
-                code: _,
-                message: _,
-            } => {}
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     let cli = Cli::parse();
     let config_path = cli