1 files changed, 1 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
index 3742cdd83..f1474c982 100755
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -1241,18 +1241,7 @@ def makeEnv(env, label, objsfx, strip = False, **kwargs):
     if strip:
         progname += '.unstripped'
 
-    # When linking the gem5 binary, the command line can be too big for the
-    # shell to handle. Use "subprocess" to spawn processes without passing
-    # through the shell to avoid this problem. That means we also can't use
-    # shell syntax in any of the commands this will run, but that isn't
-    # currently an issue.
-    def spawn_with_subprocess(sh, escape, cmd, args, env):
-        return subprocess.call(args, env=env)
-
-    # Since we're not running through a shell, no escaping is necessary either.
-    targets = new_env.Program(progname, main_objs + static_objs,
-                              SPAWN=spawn_with_subprocess,
-                              ESCAPE=lambda x: x)
+    targets = new_env.Program(progname, main_objs + static_objs)
 
     if strip:
         if sys.platform == 'sunos5':