diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 822a3a0..610540d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -157,8 +157,6 @@ Directly execute an extended lxsh script with either
 > Direct execution introduces direct dependency on lxsh and code parsing overhead,
 > therefore it should be avoided in production environments.
 
-> stdin is known to not work properly on direct execution as of now
-
 ### Variable/Function/command listing
 
 You can list all calls of variables, functions or commands with `--list-*` options
diff --git a/src/exec.cpp b/src/exec.cpp
index fe89834..4c9717a 100644
--- a/src/exec.cpp
+++ b/src/exec.cpp
@@ -194,15 +194,12 @@ void parse_exec(FILE* fd, parse_context ctx)
 pid_t forkexec(const char* bin, char *const args[])
 {
   pid_t child_pid;
-  // int tfd = dup(STDIN_FILENO);
-  // std::cout << tfd << std::endl;
   if((child_pid = vfork()) == -1)
   {
     throw std::runtime_error("fork() failed");
   }
   if (child_pid == 0) // child process
   {
-    setpgid(child_pid, child_pid); //Needed so negative PIDs can kill children of /bin/sh
     execv(bin, args);
     throw std::runtime_error("execv() failed");
   }