diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8aa10b6b..bb38547c 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ xbps-0.52 (???):
    that is already up-to-date. Fixes #145.
    See https://github.com/voidlinux/xbps/issues/145
 
- * libxbps: package INSTALL/REMOVE scripts are now executed via
-   posix_spawn(3), replacing vfork(3).
-
  * libxbps: package INSTALL/REMOVE scripts do not need to be executables
    anymore because they are executed with "/bin/sh" directly. That means
    "/tmp" can be mounted as "noexec". Fixed #149 correctly.
diff --git a/lib/external/fexec.c b/lib/external/fexec.c
index cc2cf166..00eff213 100644
--- a/lib/external/fexec.c
+++ b/lib/external/fexec.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <spawn.h>
 
 #undef _DEFAULT_SOURCE
 #undef _BSD_SOURCE
@@ -49,10 +48,7 @@ pfcexec(struct xbps_handle *xhp, const char *file, const char **argv)
 	pid_t child;
 	int status;
 
-	if (posix_spawn(&child, file, NULL, NULL,
-			(char* const*)__UNCONST(argv), NULL) != 0)
-		return -1;
-
+	child = vfork();
 	switch (child) {
 	case 0:
 		/*