diff --git a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.tests/suite/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/testplugin/DiffUtil.java b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.tests/suite/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/testplugin/DiffUtil.java
index 5223edcc485..383c1fe3369 100644
--- a/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.tests/suite/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/testplugin/DiffUtil.java
+++ b/build/org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.core.tests/suite/org/eclipse/cdt/managedbuilder/testplugin/DiffUtil.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 
-import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.ProcessFactory;
-
 public class DiffUtil {
 	private static final String DIFF_CMD = "diff -ub";
 	private static DiffUtil fInstance;
@@ -75,7 +73,7 @@ public class DiffUtil {
 	
 	private InputStream invokeDiff(String location1, String location2){
 		try {
-			Process p = ProcessFactory.getFactory().exec(createCommand(location1, location2));
+			Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(createCommand(location1, location2));
 			return p.getInputStream();
 		} catch (IOException e) {
 			// TODO Auto-generated catch block
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/CygPath.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/CygPath.java
index 94723cd59a9..1670fd37e59 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/CygPath.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/utils/org/eclipse/cdt/utils/CygPath.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 
-import org.eclipse.cdt.utils.spawner.ProcessFactory;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Path;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.Platform;
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ public class CygPath {
 			// Don't run this on non-windows platforms
 			throw new IOException("Not Windows"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		String[] args = {command, "--windows", "--file", "-"}; //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$ //$NON-NLS-3$
-		cygpath = ProcessFactory.getFactory().exec(args);
+		cygpath = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(args);
 		stdin = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(cygpath.getOutputStream()));
 		stdout = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cygpath.getInputStream()));
 		try {
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ public class CygPath {
 		Process cygPath = null;
 		BufferedReader reader = null;
 		try {
-			cygPath = ProcessFactory.getFactory().exec(new String[]{"cygpath", "-w", path}); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+			cygPath = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"cygpath", "-w", path}); //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
 			reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(cygPath.getInputStream()));
 			String newPath = reader.readLine();
 			IPath ipath;