diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c2b3e75..5ceb6c1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -306,15 +306,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "cradle"
-version = "0.2.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7096122c1023d53de7298f322590170540ad3eba46bbc2750b495f098c27c09a"
-dependencies = [
- "rustversion",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-deque"
 version = "0.8.5"
@@ -609,7 +600,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "clap 4.5.7",
  "clap_complete",
  "clap_mangen",
- "cradle",
  "ctrlc",
  "derivative",
  "dirs",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cdb8779..9e9f0e3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ unicode-width = "0.1.0"
 uuid = { version = "1.0.0", features = ["v4"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-cradle = "0.2.0"
 executable-path = "1.0.0"
 pretty_assertions = "1.0.0"
 temptree = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/tests/choose.rs b/tests/choose.rs
index 0ba1ae3..001b9ae 100644
--- a/tests/choose.rs
+++ b/tests/choose.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,13 @@ fn status_error() {
     "exit-2": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nexit 2\n",
   };
 
-  ("chmod", "+x", tmp.path().join("exit-2")).run();
+  let output = Command::new("chmod")
+    .arg("+x")
+    .arg(tmp.path().join("exit-2"))
+    .output()
+    .unwrap();
+
+  assert!(output.status.success());
 
   let path = env::join_paths(
     iter::once(tmp.path().to_owned()).chain(env::split_paths(&env::var_os("PATH").unwrap())),
diff --git a/tests/edit.rs b/tests/edit.rs
index d89efdb..2d9840a 100644
--- a/tests/edit.rs
+++ b/tests/edit.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ fn status_error() {
     "exit-2": "#!/usr/bin/env bash\nexit 2\n",
   };
 
-  ("chmod", "+x", tmp.path().join("exit-2")).run();
+  let output = Command::new("chmod")
+    .arg("+x")
+    .arg(tmp.path().join("exit-2"))
+    .output()
+    .unwrap();
+
+  assert!(output.status.success());
 
   let path = env::join_paths(
     iter::once(tmp.path().to_owned()).chain(env::split_paths(&env::var_os("PATH").unwrap())),
diff --git a/tests/fmt.rs b/tests/fmt.rs
index 1d70a6f..ba050fc 100644
--- a/tests/fmt.rs
+++ b/tests/fmt.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,13 @@ fn write_error() {
 
   let justfile_path = test.justfile_path();
 
-  ("chmod", "400", &justfile_path).run();
+  let output = Command::new("chmod")
+    .arg("400")
+    .arg(&justfile_path)
+    .output()
+    .unwrap();
+
+  assert!(output.status.success());
 
   let _tempdir = test.run();
 
diff --git a/tests/lib.rs b/tests/lib.rs
index 292482f..932a6c3 100644
--- a/tests/lib.rs
+++ b/tests/lib.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ pub(crate) use {
     tempdir::tempdir,
     test::{assert_eval_eq, Output, Test},
   },
-  cradle::input::Input,
   executable_path::executable_path,
   just::unindent,
   libc::{EXIT_FAILURE, EXIT_SUCCESS},