diff --git a/src/utils/clone3.rs b/src/utils/clone3.rs
index 04826d24..7382271d 100644
--- a/src/utils/clone3.rs
+++ b/src/utils/clone3.rs
@@ -8,22 +8,6 @@ use {
     uapi::{Msghdr, MsghdrMut, OwnedFd, c},
 };
 
-#[derive(Default, Copy, Clone)]
-#[expect(non_camel_case_types, dead_code)]
-struct clone_args {
-    flags: u64,
-    pidfd: u64,
-    child_tid: u64,
-    parent_tid: u64,
-    exit_signal: u64,
-    stack: u64,
-    stack_size: u64,
-    tls: u64,
-    set_tid: u64,
-    set_tid_size: u64,
-    cgroup: u64,
-}
-
 pub enum Forked {
     Parent { pid: c::pid_t, pidfd: OwnedFd },
     Child { pidfd: Option<OwnedFd> },
@@ -32,33 +16,25 @@ pub enum Forked {
 const REAPER_VAR: &str = "JAY_REAPER_PID";
 
 pub fn fork_with_pidfd(pidfd_for_child: bool) -> Result<Forked, ForkerError> {
-    let mut pidfd: c::c_int = 0;
-    let mut args = clone_args {
-        flags: c::CLONE_PIDFD as u64,
-        pidfd: (&mut pidfd as *mut c::c_int) as _,
-        exit_signal: c::SIGCHLD as _,
-        ..Default::default()
-    };
     let mut child_pidfd = None;
     if pidfd_for_child {
         child_pidfd = Some(uapi::pidfd_open(uapi::getpid(), 0).unwrap());
     }
+    let (p, c) = uapi::socketpair(c::AF_UNIX, c::SOCK_DGRAM | c::SOCK_CLOEXEC, 0)
+        .map_err(|e| ForkerError::Socketpair(e.into()))?;
     unsafe {
-        let pid = c::syscall(
-            c::SYS_clone3,
-            &mut args as *const _ as usize,
-            size_of::<clone_args>(),
-        );
-        if let Err(e) = uapi::map_err!(pid) {
-            return Err(ForkerError::Fork(e.into()));
-        }
+        let pid = uapi::fork().map_err(|e| ForkerError::Fork(e.into()))?;
         let res = if pid == 0 {
+            drop(p);
             env::remove_var(REAPER_VAR);
+            let pidfd = uapi::pidfd_open(uapi::getpid(), 0).unwrap();
+            send_pidfd(&c, &pidfd);
             Forked::Child { pidfd: child_pidfd }
         } else {
+            drop(c);
             Forked::Parent {
                 pid: pid as _,
-                pidfd: OwnedFd::new(pidfd),
+                pidfd: recv_pidfd(&p)?,
             }
         };
         Ok(res)
@@ -71,47 +47,17 @@ pub fn double_fork() -> Result<Option<OwnedFd>, ForkerError> {
     match fork_with_pidfd(false)? {
         Forked::Parent { pid, .. } => {
             drop(c);
-            let mut buf = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); 128];
-            let iov: &mut [&mut [u8]] = &mut [];
-            let mut msghdr = MsghdrMut {
-                iov,
-                control: Some(&mut buf),
-                name: uapi::sockaddr_none_mut(),
-                flags: 0,
-            };
             let _wait = OnDrop(|| {
                 let _ = uapi::waitpid(pid, 0);
             });
-            let (_, _, mut ctrl) = uapi::recvmsg(p.raw(), &mut msghdr, c::MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC)
-                .map_err(|e| ForkerError::RecvPidfd(e.into()))?;
-            let (_, hdr, data) =
-                uapi::cmsg_read(&mut ctrl).map_err(|e| ForkerError::CmsgRead(e.into()))?;
-            if hdr.cmsg_level != c::SOL_SOCKET || hdr.cmsg_type != c::SCM_RIGHTS {
-                return Err(ForkerError::InvalidCmsg);
-            }
-            let Ok(fd) = uapi::pod_read(data) else {
-                return Err(ForkerError::InvalidCmsg);
-            };
-            Ok(Some(OwnedFd::new(fd)))
+            recv_pidfd(&p).map(Some)
         }
         Forked::Child { .. } => {
             drop(p);
             if let Ok(f) = fork_with_pidfd(true) {
                 match f {
                     Forked::Parent { pidfd, .. } => {
-                        let pidfd = pidfd.raw();
-                        let mut buf = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); 128];
-                        let mut hdr: c::cmsghdr = uapi::pod_zeroed();
-                        hdr.cmsg_level = c::SOL_SOCKET;
-                        hdr.cmsg_type = c::SCM_RIGHTS;
-                        let _ = uapi::cmsg_write(&mut &mut buf[..], hdr, &pidfd);
-                        let iov: &[&[u8]] = &[];
-                        let msghdr = Msghdr {
-                            iov,
-                            control: Some(&buf[..uapi::cmsg_space(size_of_val(&pidfd))]),
-                            name: uapi::sockaddr_none_ref(),
-                        };
-                        let _ = uapi::sendmsg(c.raw(), &msghdr, 0);
+                        send_pidfd(&c, &pidfd);
                     }
                     Forked::Child { pidfd } => {
                         let pidfd = pidfd.unwrap();
@@ -176,3 +122,40 @@ fn set_deathsig() {
         c::prctl(c::PR_SET_PDEATHSIG, c::SIGKILL as c::c_ulong);
     }
 }
+
+fn send_pidfd(socket: &OwnedFd, pidfd: &OwnedFd) {
+    let pidfd = pidfd.raw();
+    let mut buf = [MaybeUninit::uninit(); 128];
+    let mut hdr: c::cmsghdr = uapi::pod_zeroed();
+    hdr.cmsg_level = c::SOL_SOCKET;
+    hdr.cmsg_type = c::SCM_RIGHTS;
+    let _ = uapi::cmsg_write(&mut &mut buf[..], hdr, &pidfd);
+    let iov: &[&[u8]] = &[];
+    let msghdr = Msghdr {
+        iov,
+        control: Some(&buf[..uapi::cmsg_space(size_of_val(&pidfd))]),
+        name: uapi::sockaddr_none_ref(),
+    };
+    let _ = uapi::sendmsg(socket.raw(), &msghdr, 0);
+}
+
+fn recv_pidfd(socket: &OwnedFd) -> Result<OwnedFd, ForkerError> {
+    let mut buf = [MaybeUninit::<u8>::uninit(); 128];
+    let iov: &mut [&mut [u8]] = &mut [];
+    let mut msghdr = MsghdrMut {
+        iov,
+        control: Some(&mut buf),
+        name: uapi::sockaddr_none_mut(),
+        flags: 0,
+    };
+    let (_, _, mut ctrl) = uapi::recvmsg(socket.raw(), &mut msghdr, c::MSG_CMSG_CLOEXEC)
+        .map_err(|e| ForkerError::RecvPidfd(e.into()))?;
+    let (_, hdr, data) = uapi::cmsg_read(&mut ctrl).map_err(|e| ForkerError::CmsgRead(e.into()))?;
+    if hdr.cmsg_level != c::SOL_SOCKET || hdr.cmsg_type != c::SCM_RIGHTS {
+        return Err(ForkerError::InvalidCmsg);
+    }
+    let Ok(fd) = uapi::pod_read(data) else {
+        return Err(ForkerError::InvalidCmsg);
+    };
+    Ok(OwnedFd::new(fd))
+}