diff --git a/cmd/vspd/signal.go b/cmd/vspd/signal.go
index 42ff1a2..851810a 100644
--- a/cmd/vspd/signal.go
+++ b/cmd/vspd/signal.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/decred/slog"
 )
 
-// interruptSignals defines the signals that are handled to do a clean shutdown.
-// Conditional compilation is used to also include SIGTERM and SIGHUP on Unix.
+// interruptSignals defines the default signals to catch in order to do a proper
+// shutdown. This may be modified during init depending on the platform.
 var interruptSignals = []os.Signal{os.Interrupt}
 
 // shutdownListener listens for OS Signals such as SIGINT (Ctrl+C) and shutdown
diff --git a/cmd/vspd/signal_syscall.go b/cmd/vspd/signal_syscall.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c40d3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/vspd/signal_syscall.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2016 The btcsuite developers
+// Copyright (c) 2021-2023 The Decred developers
+// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+//go:build windows || aix || android || darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || hurd || illumos || ios || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	interruptSignals = append(interruptSignals, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGHUP)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/vspd/signal_unix.go b/cmd/vspd/signal_unix.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ab9ceaa..0000000
--- a/cmd/vspd/signal_unix.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2016 The btcsuite developers
-// Copyright (c) 2021-2022 The Decred developers
-// Use of this source code is governed by an ISC
-// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
-//go:build darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"syscall"
-)
-
-func init() {
-	interruptSignals = []os.Signal{
-		os.Interrupt,
-		syscall.SIGTERM,
-		syscall.SIGHUP,
-	}
-}