diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c4689ee04..32c761b0e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1519,7 +1519,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rlimit",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
- "subprocess",
  "text_placeholder",
  "toml",
  "wait-timeout",
@@ -1633,16 +1632,6 @@ version = "0.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "subprocess"
-version = "0.2.9"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0c2e86926081dda636c546d8c5e641661049d7562a68f5488be4a1f7f66f6086"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "winapi",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "2.0.69"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b2ca1cea6..87f27173c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ cidr-utils = "0.6.1"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
 hickory-resolver = { version = "0.24.0", features = ["dns-over-rustls"] }
 anyhow = "1.0.40"
-subprocess = "0.2.6"
 text_placeholder = { version = "0.5", features = ["struct_context"] }
 once_cell = "1.20.2"
 
diff --git a/src/scripts/mod.rs b/src/scripts/mod.rs
index 21ea68c6f..8bc188d01 100644
--- a/src/scripts/mod.rs
+++ b/src/scripts/mod.rs
@@ -79,15 +79,17 @@ use crate::input::ScriptsRequired;
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
 use log::debug;
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::fs::{self, File};
 use std::io::{self, prelude::*};
 use std::net::IpAddr;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::process::{Command, Stdio};
 use std::string::ToString;
-use subprocess::{Exec, ExitStatus, Redirection};
 use text_placeholder::Template;
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+
 static DEFAULT: &str = r#"tags = ["core_approved", "RustScan", "default"]
 developer = [ "RustScan", "https://github.com/RustScan" ]
 ports_separator = ","
@@ -271,21 +273,41 @@ impl Script {
 #[cfg(not(tarpaulin_include))]
 fn execute_script(script: &str) -> Result<String> {
     debug!("\nScript arguments {}", script);
-    let process = Exec::shell(script)
-        .stdout(Redirection::Pipe)
-        .stderr(Redirection::Pipe);
-    match process.capture() {
-        Ok(c) => {
-            let es = match c.exit_status {
-                ExitStatus::Exited(c) => c.try_into().unwrap(),
-                ExitStatus::Signaled(c) => c.into(),
-                ExitStatus::Other(c) => c,
-                ExitStatus::Undetermined => -1,
+
+    let (cmd, arg) = if cfg!(unix) {
+        ("sh", "-c")
+    } else {
+        ("cmd.exe", "/c")
+    };
+
+    match Command::new(cmd)
+        .args(&[arg, script])
+        .stdin(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .output()
+    {
+        Ok(output) => {
+            let status = output.status;
+
+            let es = match status.code() {
+                Some(code) => code,
+                _ => {
+                    #[cfg(unix)]
+                    {
+                        status.signal().unwrap()
+                    }
+
+                    #[cfg(windows)]
+                    {
+                        return Err(anyhow!("Unknown exit status"));
+                    }
+                }
             };
+
             if es != 0 {
                 return Err(anyhow!("Exit code = {}", es));
             }
-            Ok(c.stdout_str())
+            Ok(String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).into_owned())
         }
         Err(error) => {
             debug!("Command error {}", error.to_string());