2 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 8fc78b1463de..5f6203bc2805 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -868,7 +868,7 @@ string runProgram(Path program, bool searchPath, const Strings & args)
 
     /* Fork. */
     Pid pid;
-    pid = maybeVfork();
+    pid = fork();
 
     switch (pid) {
 
@@ -928,13 +928,6 @@ void closeOnExec(int fd)
 }
 
 
-#if HAVE_VFORK
-pid_t (*maybeVfork)() = vfork;
-#else
-pid_t (*maybeVfork)() = fork;
-#endif
-
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index 1e9ffcf51b57..07c027a1f919 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ void closeMostFDs(const set<int> & exceptions);
 /* Set the close-on-exec flag for the given file descriptor. */
 void closeOnExec(int fd);
 
-/* Call vfork() if available, otherwise fork(). */
-extern pid_t (*maybeVfork)();
-
 
 /* User interruption. */