diff --git a/test/testlib/OpenSSL/Test.pm b/test/testlib/OpenSSL/Test.pm
index 453e3d79deb5a89d8aa9bc3f075ec87587d65675..06accb5a527e01fa69e4546b56b0025f212e5be7 100644
--- a/test/testlib/OpenSSL/Test.pm
+++ b/test/testlib/OpenSSL/Test.pm
@@ -284,8 +284,6 @@ sub run {
     my $prefix = "";
     if ( $^O eq "VMS" ) {	# VMS
 	$prefix = "pipe ";
-    } elsif ($^O eq "MSWin32") { # MSYS
-	$prefix = "cmd /c ";
     }
 
     my @r = ();