1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/readconf.c b/readconf.c
index 94bf7e1b4..01e3d23e3 100644
--- a/readconf.c
+++ b/readconf.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.242 2015/10/07 15:59:12 djm Exp $ */
+/* $OpenBSD: readconf.c,v 1.243 2015/10/25 23:14:03 dtucker Exp $ */
 /*
  * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
  * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ default_ssh_port(void)
 static int
 execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
 {
-        char *shell, *command_string;
+        char *shell;
         pid_t pid;
         int devnull, status;
         extern uid_t original_real_uid;
@@ -450,12 +450,6 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
         if ((shell = getenv("SHELL")) == NULL)
                 shell = _PATH_BSHELL;
 
-        /*
-         * Use "exec" to avoid "sh -c" processes on some platforms
-         * (e.g. Solaris)
-         */
-        xasprintf(&command_string, "exec %s", cmd);
-
         /* Need this to redirect subprocess stdin/out */
         if ((devnull = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR)) == -1)
                 fatal("open(/dev/null): %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -480,7 +474,7 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
 
                 argv[0] = shell;
                 argv[1] = "-c";
-                argv[2] = command_string;
+                argv[2] = cmd;
                 argv[3] = NULL;
 
                 execv(argv[0], argv);
@@ -495,7 +489,6 @@ execute_in_shell(const char *cmd)
                 fatal("%s: fork: %.100s", __func__, strerror(errno));
 
         close(devnull);
-        free(command_string);
 
         while (waitpid(pid, &status, 0) == -1) {
                 if (errno != EINTR && errno != EAGAIN)