1 files changed, 13 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/runtests.py b/runtests.py
index f1ea8e87d..0294bfef3 100755
--- a/runtests.py
+++ b/runtests.py
@@ -1797,12 +1797,20 @@ class EmbedTest(unittest.TestCase):
         if sys.version_info[0] >=3 and CY3_DIR:
             cython = os.path.join(CY3_DIR, cython)
         cython = os.path.abspath(os.path.join('..', '..', cython))
-        self.assertEqual(0, os.system(
-            "make PYTHON='%s' CYTHON='%s' LIBDIR1='%s' test > make.output" % (sys.executable, cython, libdir)))
+
         try:
-            os.remove('make.output')
-        except OSError:
-            pass
+            subprocess.check_output([
+                "make",
+                "PYTHON='%s'" % sys.executable,
+                "CYTHON='%s'" % cython,
+                "LIBDIR1='%s'" % libdir,
+                "paths", "test",
+            ])
+        except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+            print(err.output.decode())
+            raise
+        self.assertTrue(True)  # :)
+
 
 
 class MissingDependencyExcluder(object):