diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a2e8cb4b2f..ff09ac65a0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.6 h1:ZcV+Ropw6Qn0AX9brlQLAUXfqLBc7Bl+f/DmNx
 github.com/ProtonMail/go-crypto v1.1.6/go.mod h1:rA3QumHc/FZ8pAHreoekgiAbzpNsfQAosU5td4SnOrE=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0 h1:2Q9r3ki8+JYXvGsDyBXwH3LcJ+WK5D0gc5E8vS6K3D0=
 github.com/alecthomas/assert/v2 v2.11.0/go.mod h1:Bze95FyfUr7x34QZrjL+XP+0qgp/zg8yS+TtBj1WA3k=
-github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.17.0 h1:3r2Cgk+nXNICMBxIFGnTRTbQFUwMiLisW+9uos0TtUI=
-github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.17.0/go.mod h1:RVX6AvYm4VfYe/zsk7mjHueLDZor3aWCNE14TFlepBk=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.17.2 h1:Rm81SCZ2mPoH+Q8ZCc/9YvzPUN/E7HgPiPJD8SLV6GI=
 github.com/alecthomas/chroma/v2 v2.17.2/go.mod h1:RVX6AvYm4VfYe/zsk7mjHueLDZor3aWCNE14TFlepBk=
 github.com/alecthomas/repr v0.4.0 h1:GhI2A8MACjfegCPVq9f1FLvIBS+DrQ2KQBFZP1iFzXc=
@@ -143,8 +141,6 @@ golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240719175910-8a7402abbf56/go.mod h1:M4RDyNAINzryxdtnbR
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20211112202133-69e39bad7dc2/go.mod h1:9nx3DQGgdP8bBQD5qxJ1jj9UTztislL4KSBs9R2vV5Y=
 golang.org/x/net v0.39.0 h1:ZCu7HMWDxpXpaiKdhzIfaltL9Lp31x/3fCP11bc6/fY=
 golang.org/x/net v0.39.0/go.mod h1:X7NRbYVEA+ewNkCNyJ513WmMdQ3BineSwVtN2zD/d+E=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.13.0 h1:AauUjRAJ9OSnvULf/ARrrVywoJDy0YS2AwQ98I37610=
-golang.org/x/sync v0.13.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0 h1:woo0S4Yywslg6hp4eUFjTVOyKt0RookbpAHG4c1HmhQ=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.14.0/go.mod h1:1dzgHSNfp02xaA81J2MS99Qcpr2w7fw1gpm99rleRqA=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191026070338-33540a1f6037/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -156,13 +152,9 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBc
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.5.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0 h1:s77OFDvIQeibCmezSnk/q6iAfkdiQaJi4VzroCFrN20=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.32.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0 h1:q3i8TbbEz+JRD9ywIRlyRAQbM0qF7hu24q3teo2hbuw=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.33.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
 golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20201126162022-7de9c90e9dd1/go.mod h1:bj7SfCRtBDWHUb9snDiAeCFNEtKQo2Wmx5Cou7ajbmo=
-golang.org/x/term v0.31.0 h1:erwDkOK1Msy6offm1mOgvspSkslFnIGsFnxOKoufg3o=
-golang.org/x/term v0.31.0/go.mod h1:R4BeIy7D95HzImkxGkTW1UQTtP54tio2RyHz7PwK0aw=
 golang.org/x/term v0.32.0 h1:DR4lr0TjUs3epypdhTOkMmuF5CDFJ/8pOnbzMZPQ7bg=
 golang.org/x/term v0.32.0/go.mod h1:uZG1FhGx848Sqfsq4/DlJr3xGGsYMu/L5GW4abiaEPQ=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.6/go.mod h1:5Zoc/QRtKVWzQhOtBMvqHzDpF6irO9z98xDceosuGiQ=
diff --git a/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go b/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go
index ef9fa9cb1e..d081842380 100644
--- a/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go
+++ b/internal/fsnotifyext/fsnotify_dedup.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package fsnotifyext
 
 import (
 	"math"
-	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify"
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 type Deduper struct {
 	w        *fsnotify.Watcher
 	waitTime time.Duration
-	mutex    sync.Mutex
 }
 
 func NewDeduper(w *fsnotify.Watcher, waitTime time.Duration) *Deduper {
@@ -21,31 +19,28 @@ func NewDeduper(w *fsnotify.Watcher, waitTime time.Duration) *Deduper {
 	}
 }
 
-func (d *Deduper) GetChan() chan fsnotify.Event {
+// GetChan returns a chan of deduplicated [fsnotify.Event].
+//
+// [fsnotify.Chmod] operations will be skipped.
+func (d *Deduper) GetChan() <-chan fsnotify.Event {
 	channel := make(chan fsnotify.Event)
-	timers := make(map[string]*time.Timer)
 
 	go func() {
+		timers := make(map[string]*time.Timer)
 		for {
 			event, ok := <-d.w.Events
 			switch {
 			case !ok:
 				return
-			case event.Op == fsnotify.Chmod:
+			case event.Has(fsnotify.Chmod):
 				continue
 			}
 
-			d.mutex.Lock()
 			timer, ok := timers[event.String()]
-			d.mutex.Unlock()
-
 			if !ok {
 				timer = time.AfterFunc(math.MaxInt64, func() { channel <- event })
 				timer.Stop()
-
-				d.mutex.Lock()
 				timers[event.String()] = timer
-				d.mutex.Unlock()
 			}
 
 			timer.Reset(d.waitTime)
diff --git a/watch.go b/watch.go
index 76bab9ae6c..515bde0af9 100644
--- a/watch.go
+++ b/watch.go
@@ -71,12 +71,9 @@ func (e *Executor) watchTasks(calls ...*Call) error {
 		for {
 			select {
 			case event, ok := <-eventsChan:
-				switch {
-				case !ok:
+				if !ok {
 					cancel()
 					return
-				case event.Op == fsnotify.Chmod:
-					continue
 				}
 				e.Logger.VerboseErrf(logger.Magenta, "task: received watch event: %v\n", event)