diff --git a/xtask/Cargo.toml b/xtask/Cargo.toml
index 3c72bf1d3e..1e7247a949 100644
--- a/xtask/Cargo.toml
+++ b/xtask/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ publish = false
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.43"
-os_pipe = "1.1.2"
 clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 env_logger = "0.10.0"
 log = "0.4.17"
diff --git a/xtask/src/command.rs b/xtask/src/command.rs
index 6e91a527a2..8a2e99b738 100644
--- a/xtask/src/command.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/command.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{debug, ExtraArguments, Package, RunResult, TestRunError};
 use core::fmt;
-use os_pipe::pipe;
-use std::{fs::File, io::Read, process::Command};
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::Read,
+    process::{Command, Stdio},
+};
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq)]
@@ -412,26 +415,26 @@ impl fmt::Display for BuildMode {
 }
 
 pub fn run_command(command: &CargoCommand) -> anyhow::Result<RunResult> {
-    let (mut reader, writer) = pipe()?;
-    let (mut error_reader, error_writer) = pipe()?;
-    debug!("👟 {} {}", command.executable(), command.args().join(" "));
+    let command_display = command.executable();
+    let args = command.args();
 
-    let mut handle = Command::new(command.executable())
+    let full_command = format!("\"{command_display}\" {}", args.join(" "));
+
+    debug!("👟 {full_command}");
+
+    let result = Command::new(command.executable())
         .args(command.args())
-        .stdout(writer)
-        .stderr(error_writer)
-        .spawn()?;
+        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
+        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
+        .output()?;
 
-    // retrieve output and clean up
-    let mut stdout = String::new();
-    reader.read_to_string(&mut stdout)?;
-    let exit_status = handle.wait()?;
-
-    let mut stderr = String::new();
-    error_reader.read_to_string(&mut stderr)?;
+    let exit_status = result.status;
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8(result.stderr).unwrap_or("Not displayable".into());
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8(result.stdout).unwrap_or("Not displayable".into());
 
     Ok(RunResult {
         exit_status,
+        full_command,
         stdout,
         stderr,
     })
diff --git a/xtask/src/main.rs b/xtask/src/main.rs
index a7fd1d3229..30608b94b3 100644
--- a/xtask/src/main.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/main.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ const DEFAULT_FEATURES: &str = "test-critical-section";
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct RunResult {
     exit_status: ExitStatus,
+    full_command: String,
     stdout: String,
     stderr: String,
 }
@@ -329,9 +330,12 @@ fn command_parser(command: &CargoCommand, overwrite: bool) -> anyhow::Result<()>
         | CargoCommand::Book { .. }
         | CargoCommand::ExampleSize { .. } => {
             let cargo_result = run_command(command)?;
+            let command = cargo_result.full_command;
             if let Some(exit_code) = cargo_result.exit_status.code() {
                 if exit_code != exitcode::OK {
-                    error!("Exit code from command: {exit_code}");
+                    error!("Command {command} failed.");
+                    error!("Exit code: {exit_code}");
+
                     if !cargo_result.stdout.is_empty() {
                         info!("{}", cargo_result.stdout);
                     }