diff --git a/osdep/android/posix-spawn.c b/osdep/android/posix-spawn.c
deleted file mode 100644
index a9bb27a8d1..0000000000
--- a/osdep/android/posix-spawn.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * posix-spawn replacement for Android
- *
- * This file is part of mpv.
- *
- * mpv is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * mpv is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#include <unistd.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include "osdep/android/posix-spawn.h"
-
-int posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(posix_spawn_file_actions_t *fa, int fd, int newfd)
-{
-    if (fa->used >= MAX_FILE_ACTIONS)
-        return -1;
-    fa->action[fa->used].filedes = fd;
-    fa->action[fa->used].newfiledes = newfd;
-    fa->used++;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-int posix_spawn_file_actions_init(posix_spawn_file_actions_t *fa)
-{
-    fa->used = 0;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-int posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(posix_spawn_file_actions_t *fa)
-{
-    return 0;
-}
-
-int posix_spawnp(pid_t *pid, const char *file,
-    const posix_spawn_file_actions_t *fa,
-    const posix_spawnattr_t *attrp,
-    char *const argv[], char *const envp[])
-{
-    pid_t p;
-
-    if (attrp != NULL)
-        return EINVAL;
-
-    p = fork();
-    if (p == -1)
-        return errno;
-
-    if (p == 0) {
-        for (int i = 0; i < fa->used; i++) {
-            int err = dup2(fa->action[i].filedes, fa->action[i].newfiledes);
-            if (err == -1)
-                goto fail;
-        }
-        execvpe(file, argv, envp);
-fail:
-        _exit(127);
-    }
-
-    *pid = p;
-    return 0;
-}
diff --git a/osdep/android/posix-spawn.h b/osdep/android/posix-spawn.h
deleted file mode 100644
index d995b993ec..0000000000
--- a/osdep/android/posix-spawn.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * posix-spawn replacement for Android
- *
- * This file is part of mpv.
- *
- * mpv is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * mpv is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include <sys/types.h>
-
-#define MAX_FILE_ACTIONS 4
-
-typedef struct {
-    char dummy;
-} posix_spawnattr_t; /* unsupported */
-
-typedef struct {
-    int used;
-    struct {
-        int filedes, newfiledes;
-    } action[MAX_FILE_ACTIONS];
-} posix_spawn_file_actions_t;
-
-int posix_spawn_file_actions_adddup2(posix_spawn_file_actions_t*, int, int);
-int posix_spawn_file_actions_init(posix_spawn_file_actions_t*);
-int posix_spawn_file_actions_destroy(posix_spawn_file_actions_t*);
-
-int posix_spawnp(pid_t*, const char*,
-    const posix_spawn_file_actions_t*, const posix_spawnattr_t *,
-    char *const [], char *const []);
diff --git a/osdep/posix-spawn.h b/osdep/posix-spawn.h
deleted file mode 100644
index fdba50149c..0000000000
--- a/osdep/posix-spawn.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * posix-spawn wrapper
- *
- * This file is part of mpv.
- *
- * mpv is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
- * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * mpv is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License along with mpv.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- */
-
-#pragma once
-
-#include "config.h"
-
-#if HAVE_ANDROID
-// posix_spawn(p) does not exist at all on Android
-#include "osdep/android/posix-spawn.h"
-#else
-#include <spawn.h>
-#endif
diff --git a/osdep/subprocess.c b/osdep/subprocess.c
index 8a930a60df..4b5770bf5c 100644
--- a/osdep/subprocess.c
+++ b/osdep/subprocess.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void mp_devnull(void *ctx, char *data, size_t size)
 {
 }
 
-#if HAVE_POSIX_SPAWN
+#if HAVE_POSIX
 
 int mp_subprocess(char **args, struct mp_cancel *cancel, void *ctx,
                   subprocess_read_cb on_stdout, subprocess_read_cb on_stderr,
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index d0a5833dd9..96fab9d5e6 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -241,22 +241,6 @@ iconv support use --disable-iconv.",
         'desc': 'w32/dos paths',
         'deps': 'os-win32 || os-cygwin',
         'func': check_true
-    }, {
-        'name': 'posix-spawn-native',
-        'desc': 'spawnp()/kill() POSIX support',
-        'func': check_statement(['spawn.h', 'signal.h'],
-            'posix_spawnp(0,0,0,0,0,0); kill(0,0)'),
-        'deps': '!mingw && !tvos',
-    }, {
-        'name': 'posix-spawn-android',
-        'desc': 'spawnp()/kill() Android replacement',
-        'func': check_true,
-        'deps': 'android && !posix-spawn-native',
-    },{
-        'name': 'posix-spawn',
-        'desc': 'any spawnp()/kill() support',
-        'deps': 'posix-spawn-native || posix-spawn-android',
-        'func': check_true,
     }, {
         'name': 'glob-posix',
         'desc': 'glob() POSIX support',
diff --git a/wscript_build.py b/wscript_build.py
index 93933e7371..a35d1039e5 100644
--- a/wscript_build.py
+++ b/wscript_build.py
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def build(ctx):
     ])
 
     subprocess_c = ctx.pick_first_matching_dep([
-        ( "osdep/subprocess-posix.c",            "posix-spawn" ),
+        ( "osdep/subprocess-posix.c",            "posix" ),
         ( "osdep/subprocess-win.c",              "win32-desktop" ),
         ( "osdep/subprocess-dummy.c" ),
     ])
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ def build(ctx):
         ( timer_c ),
         ( "osdep/polldev.c",                     "posix" ),
 
-        ( "osdep/android/posix-spawn.c",         "android"),
         ( "osdep/android/strnlen.c",             "android"),
         ( "osdep/glob-win.c",                    "glob-win32" ),
         ( "osdep/macosx_application.m",          "cocoa" ),