diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
index a33ea3f5c3cc26..0a1f5269185011 100644
--- a/.github/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/.github/CODEOWNERS
@@ -485,7 +485,6 @@
 /pkg/process/net/                       @DataDog/universal-service-monitoring @DataDog/Networks
 /pkg/process/net/common_windows.go      @DataDog/windows-agent
 /pkg/process/net/windows_pipe.go        @DataDog/windows-kernel-integrations
-/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe_testutil.go     @DataDog/windows-kernel-integrations
 /pkg/proto/datadog/remoteconfig/        @DataDog/remote-config
 /pkg/proto/pbgo/                        # do not notify anyone
 /pkg/proto/pbgo/trace                   @DataDog/agent-apm
diff --git a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_other_test.go b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_other_test.go
index 6730af25dcecee..bfb643b52e04da 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_other_test.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_other_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/model"
 )
 
+const systemProbeTestPipeName = ""
+
 // NewSystemProbeTestServer starts a new mock server to handle System Probe requests.
 func NewSystemProbeTestServer(_ http.Handler) (*httptest.Server, error) {
 	// Linux still uses a port-based system-probe, it does not need a dedicated system probe server
diff --git a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go
index b555c751f58b59..1765fff7033be5 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,11 @@ type commandTestSuite struct {
 
 func (c *commandTestSuite) SetupSuite() {
 	t := c.T()
-	c.sysprobeSocketPath = path.Join(t.TempDir(), "sysprobe.sock")
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		c.sysprobeSocketPath = systemProbeTestPipeName
+	} else {
+		c.sysprobeSocketPath = path.Join(t.TempDir(), "sysprobe.sock")
+	}
 }
 
 // startTestServers starts test servers from a clean state to ensure no cache responses are used.
@@ -125,11 +129,9 @@ func (c *commandTestSuite) TestReadProfileData() {
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("process_config.expvar_port", port)
 	mockConfig.SetWithoutSource("security_agent.expvar_port", port)
 
-	mockSysProbeConfig := configmock.NewSystemProbe(t)
-	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", u.Host)
-	} else {
+	if runtime.GOOS != "darwin" {
+		mockSysProbeConfig := configmock.NewSystemProbe(t)
+		mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
 		mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", c.sysprobeSocketPath)
 	}
 
@@ -197,11 +199,7 @@ func (c *commandTestSuite) TestReadProfileDataNoTraceAgent() {
 
 	mockSysProbeConfig := configmock.NewSystemProbe(t)
 	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.enabled", true)
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", u.Host)
-	} else {
-		mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", c.sysprobeSocketPath)
-	}
+	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", c.sysprobeSocketPath)
 
 	data, err := readProfileData(10)
 	require.Error(t, err)
diff --git a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_windows_test.go b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_windows_test.go
index 9780e664740331..60b2c5b95709b8 100644
--- a/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_windows_test.go
+++ b/cmd/agent/subcommands/flare/command_windows_test.go
@@ -21,21 +21,13 @@ import (
 const (
 	// SystemProbeTestPipeName is the test named pipe for system-probe
 	systemProbeTestPipeName = `\\.\pipe\dd_system_probe_flare_test`
-
-	// systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor has a DACL that allows Everyone access for these tests.
-	systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor = "D:PAI(A;;FA;;;WD)"
 )
 
 // NewSystemProbeTestServer starts a new mock server to handle System Probe requests.
 func NewSystemProbeTestServer(handler http.Handler) (*httptest.Server, error) {
 	server := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(handler)
 
-	// Override the named pipe path for tests to avoid conflicts with the locally installed Datadog agent.
-	processNet.OverrideSystemProbeNamedPipeConfig(
-		systemProbeTestPipeName,
-		systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor)
-
-	conn, err := processNet.NewSystemProbeListener("")
+	conn, err := processNet.NewSystemProbeListener(systemProbeTestPipeName)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -52,9 +44,7 @@ func InjectConnectionFailures(mockSysProbeConfig model.Config, mockConfig model.
 	// Exercise a connection failure for a Windows system probe named pipe client by
 	// making them use a bad path.
 	// The system probe http server must be setup before this override.
-	processNet.OverrideSystemProbeNamedPipeConfig(
-		`\\.\pipe\dd_system_probe_test_bad`,
-		systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor)
+	mockSysProbeConfig.SetWithoutSource("system_probe_config.sysprobe_socket", `\\.\pipe\dd_system_probe_test_bad`)
 
 	// The security-agent connection is expected to fail too in this test, but
 	// by enabling system probe, a port will be provided to it (security agent).
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/api/client/client_windows.go b/cmd/system-probe/api/client/client_windows.go
index 1e8d667af08791..2d6dde51d57473 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/api/client/client_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/api/client/client_windows.go
@@ -22,25 +22,20 @@ const (
 	idleConnTimeout = 5 * time.Second
 )
 
-var (
-	// SystemProbePipeName is the production named pipe for system probe
-	SystemProbePipeName = `\\.\pipe\dd_system_probe`
-)
-
 // DialContextFunc returns a function to be used in http.Transport.DialContext for connecting to system-probe.
 // The result will be OS-specific.
-func DialContextFunc(_ string) func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error) {
+func DialContextFunc(namedPipePath string) func(context.Context, string, string) (net.Conn, error) {
 	return func(_ context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
 		// Go clients do not immediately close (named pipe) connections when done,
 		// they keep connections idle for a while.  Make sure the idle time
 		// is not too high and the timeout is generous enough for pending connections.
 		var timeout = 30 * time.Second
 
-		namedPipe, err := winio.DialPipe(SystemProbePipeName, &timeout)
+		namedPipe, err := winio.DialPipe(namedPipePath, &timeout)
 		if err != nil {
 			// This important error may not get reported upstream, making connection failures
 			// very difficult to diagnose. Explicitly log the error here too for diagnostics.
-			var namedPipeErr = fmt.Errorf("error connecting to named pipe %q: %s", SystemProbePipeName, err)
+			var namedPipeErr = fmt.Errorf("error connecting to named pipe %q: %s", namedPipePath, err)
 			log.Error(namedPipeErr.Error())
 			return nil, namedPipeErr
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/adjust.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/adjust.go
index f1b6eb2205ce5c..6e133ff92a96e7 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/adjust.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/adjust.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/model"
+	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/setup"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/log"
 )
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ func Adjust(cfg model.Config) {
 		cfg.Set(netNS("enabled"), true, model.SourceAgentRuntime)
 	}
 
-	validateString(cfg, spNS("sysprobe_socket"), defaultSystemProbeAddress, ValidateSocketAddress)
+	validateString(cfg, spNS("sysprobe_socket"), setup.DefaultSystemProbeAddress, ValidateSocketAddress)
 
 	deprecateBool(cfg, spNS("allow_precompiled_fallback"), spNS("allow_prebuilt_fallback"))
 	allowPrebuiltEbpfFallback(cfg)
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unix.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unix.go
index eaa3c04e14de1f..5e054a267041ee 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unix.go
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// defaultSystemProbeAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the system probe
-	defaultSystemProbeAddress = "/opt/datadog-agent/run/sysprobe.sock"
-
 	defaultConfigDir = "/etc/datadog-agent"
 )
 
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unsupported.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unsupported.go
index 164e25b7472249..d871055afb6252 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unsupported.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_unsupported.go
@@ -8,19 +8,18 @@
 package config
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"errors"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/model"
 )
 
 const (
-	defaultConfigDir          = ""
-	defaultSystemProbeAddress = ""
+	defaultConfigDir = ""
 )
 
-// ValidateSocketAddress validates that the sysprobe socket config option is of the correct format.
+// ValidateSocketAddress is not supported on this platform
 func ValidateSocketAddress(sockPath string) error {
-	return fmt.Errorf("system-probe unsupported")
+	return errors.New("system-probe unsupported")
 }
 
 // ProcessEventDataStreamSupported returns true if process event data stream is supported
diff --git a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_windows.go b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_windows.go
index 54074b4042ab50..224fbe184b6005 100644
--- a/cmd/system-probe/config/config_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/system-probe/config/config_windows.go
@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/config/model"
 	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/pkg/util/winutil"
 )
 
 const (
-	// defaultSystemProbeAddress is the default address to be used for connecting to the system probe
-	defaultSystemProbeAddress = "localhost:3333"
-
 	// ServiceName is the service name used for the system-probe
 	ServiceName = "datadog-system-probe"
 )
@@ -36,8 +33,8 @@ func init() {
 
 // ValidateSocketAddress validates that the sysprobe socket config option is of the correct format.
 func ValidateSocketAddress(sockAddress string) error {
-	if _, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(sockAddress); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("socket address must be of the form 'host:port'")
+	if !strings.HasPrefix(sockAddress, `\\.\pipe\`) {
+		return fmt.Errorf(`named pipe must be of the form '\\.\pipe\<pipename>'`)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/system/wincrashdetect/wincrashdetect_windows_test.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/system/wincrashdetect/wincrashdetect_windows_test.go
index ff1cdb0ced1c83..54adc802083922 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/system/wincrashdetect/wincrashdetect_windows_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/system/wincrashdetect/wincrashdetect_windows_test.go
@@ -28,20 +28,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// SystemProbeTestPipeName is the test named pipe for system-probe
+	// systemProbeTestPipeName is the test named pipe for system-probe
 	systemProbeTestPipeName = `\\.\pipe\dd_system_probe_wincrash_test`
-
-	// systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor has a DACL that allows Everyone access for these tests.
-	systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor = "D:PAI(A;;FA;;;WD)"
 )
 
 func createSystemProbeListener() (l net.Listener, close func()) {
-	process_net.OverrideSystemProbeNamedPipeConfig(
-		systemProbeTestPipeName,
-		systemProbeTestPipeSecurityDescriptor)
-
-	// No socket address. Windows uses a fixed name pipe
-	conn, err := process_net.NewSystemProbeListener("")
+	conn, err := process_net.NewSystemProbeListener(systemProbeTestPipeName)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config_darwin.go b/pkg/config/setup/config_darwin.go
index f1c5aa880a384d..4bd2cc4b437bdc 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config_darwin.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config_darwin.go
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ const (
 	DefaultProcessAgentLogFile = "/opt/datadog-agent/logs/process-agent.log"
 	// DefaultOTelAgentLogFile is the default otel-agent log file
 	DefaultOTelAgentLogFile = "/opt/datadog-agent/logs/otel-agent.log"
-	// defaultSystemProbeAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the system probe
-	defaultSystemProbeAddress = "/opt/datadog-agent/run/sysprobe.sock"
+	// DefaultSystemProbeAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the system probe
+	DefaultSystemProbeAddress = "/opt/datadog-agent/run/sysprobe.sock"
 	// defaultEventMonitorAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the event monitor
 	defaultEventMonitorAddress    = "/opt/datadog-agent/run/event-monitor.sock"
 	defaultSystemProbeLogFilePath = "/opt/datadog-agent/logs/system-probe.log"
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config_nix.go b/pkg/config/setup/config_nix.go
index 1d27458abe8d9b..d57173501678dd 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config_nix.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config_nix.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	// defaultSystemProbeAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the system probe
-	defaultSystemProbeAddress = filepath.Join(InstallPath, "run/sysprobe.sock")
+	// DefaultSystemProbeAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the system probe
+	DefaultSystemProbeAddress = filepath.Join(InstallPath, "run/sysprobe.sock")
 	// defaultEventMonitorAddress is the default unix socket path to be used for connecting to the event monitor
 	defaultEventMonitorAddress = filepath.Join(InstallPath, "run/event-monitor.sock")
 	// DefaultDDAgentBin the process agent's binary
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config_windows.go b/pkg/config/setup/config_windows.go
index c8f237798ece67..88afb8621714dc 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config_windows.go
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ var (
 	DefaultProcessAgentLogFile = "C:\\ProgramData\\Datadog\\logs\\process-agent.log"
 	// DefaultOTelAgentLogFile is the default otel-agent log file
 	DefaultOTelAgentLogFile = "C:\\ProgramData\\Datadog\\logs\\otel-agent.log"
-	// defaultSystemProbeAddress is the default address to be used for connecting to the system probe
-	defaultSystemProbeAddress = "localhost:3333"
+	// DefaultSystemProbeAddress is the default address to be used for connecting to the system probe
+	DefaultSystemProbeAddress = `\\.\pipe\dd_system_probe`
 	// defaultEventMonitorAddress is the default address to be used for connecting to the event monitor
 	defaultEventMonitorAddress    = "localhost:3335"
 	defaultSystemProbeLogFilePath = "c:\\programdata\\datadog\\logs\\system-probe.log"
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go b/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
index 3308d3a07a39c6..464620f3942be2 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/system_probe.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func InitSystemProbeConfig(cfg pkgconfigmodel.Config) {
 	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(spNS, "external"), false, "DD_SYSTEM_PROBE_EXTERNAL")
 	cfg.SetKnown(join(spNS, "adjusted"))
 
-	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(spNS, "sysprobe_socket"), defaultSystemProbeAddress, "DD_SYSPROBE_SOCKET")
+	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(spNS, "sysprobe_socket"), DefaultSystemProbeAddress, "DD_SYSPROBE_SOCKET")
 	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(spNS, "max_conns_per_message"), defaultConnsMessageBatchSize)
 
 	cfg.BindEnvAndSetDefault(join(spNS, "debug_port"), 0)
diff --git a/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe.go b/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe.go
index 3b5b63d8cbd9c4..2475511e9a5903 100644
--- a/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe.go
+++ b/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe.go
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"net"
 
 	"github.com/Microsoft/go-winio"
-
-	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/cmd/system-probe/api/client"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -54,15 +52,13 @@ func newPipeListener(namedPipeName string) (net.Listener, error) {
 }
 
 // NewSystemProbeListener sets up a named pipe listener for the system probe service.
-func NewSystemProbeListener(_ string) (*WindowsPipeListener, error) {
-	// socketAddr not used
-
-	namedPipe, err := newPipeListener(client.SystemProbePipeName)
+func NewSystemProbeListener(namedPipePath string) (*WindowsPipeListener, error) {
+	namedPipe, err := newPipeListener(namedPipePath)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error named pipe %s : %s", client.SystemProbePipeName, err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error named pipe %s : %s", namedPipePath, err)
 	}
 
-	return &WindowsPipeListener{namedPipe, client.SystemProbePipeName}, nil
+	return &WindowsPipeListener{namedPipe, namedPipePath}, nil
 }
 
 // GetListener will return underlying Listener's conn
diff --git a/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe_testutil.go b/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe_testutil.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d3e1a9413db23d..00000000000000
--- a/pkg/process/net/windows_pipe_testutil.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Unless explicitly stated otherwise all files in this repository are licensed
-// under the Apache License Version 2.0.
-// This product includes software developed at Datadog (https://www.datadoghq.com/).
-// Copyright 2024-present Datadog, Inc.
-
-//go:build test && windows
-
-package net
-
-import "github.com/DataDog/datadog-agent/cmd/system-probe/api/client"
-
-// OverrideSystemProbeNamedPipeConfig sets the active named pipe path and its DACL for
-// System Probe connections.
-// This is used by tests only to avoid conflicts with an existing locally installed Datadog agent.
-func OverrideSystemProbeNamedPipeConfig(path string, securityDescriptor string) {
-	if path != "" {
-		client.SystemProbePipeName = path
-	}
-
-	if securityDescriptor != "" {
-		systemProbePipSecurityDescriptor = securityDescriptor
-	}
-}