diff --git a/src/peek.c b/src/peek.c
index 27c9793..277401c 100644
--- a/src/peek.c
+++ b/src/peek.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@
 #	include <sysexits.h>
 #endif
 #include <termios.h> /* tcgetattr(3), tcsetattr(3), struct termios, ECHO */
-#include <unistd.h> /* dup(2), execvp(3), fork(2), getopt(3), isatty(3),
-                     * pipe(2), STDIN_FILENO */
+#include <unistd.h> /* getopt(3), isatty(3), STDIN_FILENO */
 
 static int oserr(char *s){ perror(s); return EX_OSERR; }
 
@@ -59,29 +58,23 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 	char include_eof;
 	FILE *outputs[] = {
 		NULL /* stdout */,
-		NULL /* stderr */,
-		NULL /* -p */
+		NULL /* stderr */
 	};
-	int p[2] = {0, 0};
 
 	if(argc < 1)
-		usage(argv[0]);
+		return usage(argv[0]);
 
 	eof = EOF;
 	include_eof = 0;
 	{ /* options parsing */
 		int c;
 
-		while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "1enopt")) != -1)
+		while((c = getopt(argc, argv, "1enot")) != -1)
 			switch(c){
 			case '1':	eof = '\n';          break;
 			case 'n':	include_eof = 1;     break;
 			case 'o':	outputs[0] = stdout; break;
 			case 'e':	outputs[1] = stderr; break;
-			case 'p':
-				if(pipe(p) != 0 || (outputs[2] = fdopen(p[1], "ab")) == NULL)
-					return oserr(argv[0]);
-				break;
 			case 't':
 				if(isatty(STDIN_FILENO) != 1){
 					fprintf(stderr, "%s: Must be run in a terminal"
@@ -90,28 +83,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 				}
 			default:	return usage(argv[0]);
 			}
+
+		if(argc > optind)
+			return usage(argv[0]);
 	}
 
-	/* If -p is used there must be additional arguments. getopt(3) wouldn't
-	 * work for this because optarg would have to be one string to give to
-	 * system(3) or an equivalent and it would be a mess of parsing and
-	 * security issues. Any intended usage works with this slightly funkier
-	 * argument parsing, unintended usages work as happy coincidence. */
-	if((argc > optind) == (outputs[2] == 0))
-		return usage(argv[0]);
-
-	if(outputs[2] != 0)
-		switch(fork()){
-		case 0:
-			if(close(p[1]) == 0 && dup2(p[0], STDIN_FILENO) == STDIN_FILENO)
-				execvp(argv[optind], &argv[optind]);
-		case -1:
-			return oserr(argv[0]);
-		default:
-			if(close(p[0]) != 0)
-				return oserr(argv[0]);
-		}
-
 	{ /* install signal handler */
 		/* There isn't a difference in functionality between the signal(2) and
 		 * sigaction(2) methods. sigaction(2) is vastly preferred for
@@ -146,8 +122,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]){
 				for(i = 0; i < (sizeof outputs)/(sizeof *outputs); ++i)
 					if(outputs[i] != NULL && putc(c, outputs[i]) == EOF){
 						perror(argv[0]);
-						if(outputs[i] != stdout && outputs[i] != stderr)
-							fclose(outputs[i]);
 						outputs[i] = NULL;
 					}
 		}while(c != eof);