diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ce266b29..7a1ba1d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "content_inspector",
  "encoding_rs",
  "etcetera",
+ "execute",
  "expect-test",
  "flate2",
  "git2",
@@ -135,12 +136,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "nix",
  "nu-ansi-term",
  "once_cell",
- "os_str_bytes",
  "path_abs",
  "plist",
  "predicates",
  "regex",
- "run_script",
  "semver",
  "serde",
  "serde_derive",
@@ -401,12 +400,6 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fea41bba32d969b513997752735605054bc0dfa92b4c56bf1189f2e174be7a10"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "dunce"
-version = "1.0.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0bd4b30a6560bbd9b4620f4de34c3f14f60848e58a9b7216801afcb4c7b31c3c"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "either"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -466,6 +459,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "execute"
+version = "0.2.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3a82608ee96ce76aeab659e9b8d3c2b787bffd223199af88c674923d861ada10"
+dependencies = [
+ "execute-command-macro",
+ "execute-command-tokens",
+ "generic-array",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "execute-command-macro"
+version = "0.1.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "90dec53d547564e911dc4ff3ecb726a64cf41a6fa01a2370ebc0d95175dd08bd"
+dependencies = [
+ "execute-command-macro-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "execute-command-macro-impl"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ce8cd46a041ad005ab9c71263f9a0ff5b529eac0fe4cc9b4a20f4f0765d8cf4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "execute-command-tokens",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "execute-command-tokens"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69dc321eb6be977f44674620ca3aa21703cb20ffbe560e1ae97da08401ffbcad"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "expect-test"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -527,24 +557,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "fsio"
-version = "0.4.0"
+name = "generic-array"
+version = "1.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dad0ce30be0cc441b325c5d705c8b613a0ca0d92b6a8953d41bd236dc09a36d0"
+checksum = "2cb8bc4c28d15ade99c7e90b219f30da4be5c88e586277e8cbe886beeb868ab2"
 dependencies = [
- "dunce",
- "rand",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "getrandom"
-version = "0.2.7"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4eb1a864a501629691edf6c15a593b7a51eebaa1e8468e9ddc623de7c9b58ec6"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "wasi",
+ "typenum",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -858,15 +876,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "os_str_bytes"
-version = "7.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7ac44c994af577c799b1b4bd80dc214701e349873ad894d6cdf96f4f7526e0b9"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -930,12 +939,6 @@ version = "0.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
 
-[[package]]
-name = "ppv-lite86"
-version = "0.2.17"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5b40af805b3121feab8a3c29f04d8ad262fa8e0561883e7653e024ae4479e6de"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "predicates"
 version = "3.1.3"
@@ -993,36 +996,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "rand"
-version = "0.8.5"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_chacha"
-version = "0.3.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
-dependencies = [
- "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "rand_core"
-version = "0.6.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "ec0be4795e2f6a28069bec0b5ff3e2ac9bafc99e6a9a7dc3547996c5c816922c"
-dependencies = [
- "getrandom",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -1079,15 +1052,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytemuck",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "run_script"
-version = "0.10.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "829f98fdc58d78989dd9af83be28bc15c94a7d77f9ecdb54abbbc0b1829ba9c7"
-dependencies = [
- "fsio",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
 version = "0.38.21"
@@ -1471,6 +1435,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winnow",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "typenum"
+version = "1.17.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "42ff0bf0c66b8238c6f3b578df37d0b7848e55df8577b3f74f92a69acceeb825"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-bidi"
 version = "0.3.18"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3b789bdd..f81e0858 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ minimal-application = [
 ]
 git = ["git2"] # Support indicating git modifications
 paging = ["shell-words", "grep-cli"] # Support applying a pager on the output
-lessopen = ["run_script", "os_str_bytes/conversions"] # Support $LESSOPEN preprocessor
+lessopen = ["execute"] # Support $LESSOPEN preprocessor
 build-assets = ["syntect/yaml-load", "syntect/plist-load", "regex", "walkdir"]
 
 # You need to use one of these if you depend on bat as a library:
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ regex = { version = "1.10.6", optional = true }
 walkdir = { version = "2.5", optional = true }
 bytesize = { version = "1.3.0" }
 encoding_rs = "0.8.35"
-os_str_bytes = { version = "~7.0", optional = true }
-run_script = { version = "^0.10.1", optional = true}
+execute = { version = "0.2.13", optional = true }
 terminal-colorsaurus = "0.4"
 
 [dependencies.git2]