1 files changed, 2 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/spec/ruby/core/process/ppid_spec.rb b/spec/ruby/core/process/ppid_spec.rb
index e0bdfef30b..7d22755c77 100644
--- a/spec/ruby/core/process/ppid_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ruby/core/process/ppid_spec.rb
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 require_relative '../../spec_helper'
 
 describe "Process.ppid" do
-  with_feature :fork do
-    it "returns the process id of the parent of this process" do
-
-      read, write = IO.pipe
-
-      child_pid = Process.fork {
-        read.close
-        write << "#{Process.ppid}\n"
-        write.close
-        exit!
-      }
-
-      write.close
-      pid = read.gets
-      read.close
-      Process.wait(child_pid)
-      pid.to_i.should == Process.pid
-    end
+  it "returns the process id of the parent of this process" do
+    ruby_exe("puts Process.ppid").should == "#{Process.pid}\n"
   end
 end