diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index d457da4303..c5914484ca 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -505,10 +505,9 @@ class FormulaInstaller
 
     ignore_interrupts(:quietly) do # the child will receive the interrupt and marshal it back
       write.close
-      thr = Thread.new { read.read }
-      Process.wait(pid)
-      data = thr.value
+      data = read.read
       read.close
+      Process.wait(pid)
       raise Marshal.load(data) unless data.nil? or data.empty?
       raise Interrupt if $?.exitstatus == 130
       raise "Suspicious installation failure" unless $?.success?