1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index 601ff3f7e..3cbb0d3eb 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -184,17 +184,13 @@ pid_t spawn(char **argv)
         /* Why static? */
         static int failed;
         pid_t pid;
-        const char *prog;
 
         // Be nice to nommu machines.
         failed = 0;
         pid = vfork();
         if (pid < 0) return pid;
         if (!pid) {
-                prog = argv[0];
-                if (ENABLE_FEATURE_EXEC_PREFER_APPLETS && find_applet_by_name(prog))
-                        prog = CONFIG_BUSYBOX_EXEC_PATH;
-                execvp(prog, argv);
+                BB_EXECVP(argv[0], argv);
 
                 // We're sharing a stack with blocked parent, let parent know we failed
                 // and then exit to unblock parent (but don't run atexit() stuff, which