diff --git a/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.cpp b/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.cpp
index cf7b183..7a3339c 100644
--- a/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.cpp
+++ b/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.cpp
@@ -66,12 +66,12 @@
   return Result;
 }
 
-BugDriver::BugDriver(const char *toolname, bool as_child, bool find_bugs,
+BugDriver::BugDriver(const char *toolname, bool find_bugs,
                      unsigned timeout, unsigned memlimit, bool use_valgrind,
                      LLVMContext& ctxt)
   : Context(ctxt), ToolName(toolname), ReferenceOutputFile(OutputFile),
     Program(0), Interpreter(0), SafeInterpreter(0), gcc(0),
-    run_as_child(as_child), run_find_bugs(find_bugs), Timeout(timeout), 
+    run_find_bugs(find_bugs), Timeout(timeout), 
     MemoryLimit(memlimit), UseValgrind(use_valgrind) {}
 
 BugDriver::~BugDriver() {
@@ -119,15 +119,13 @@
   Program = ParseInputFile(Filenames[0], Context);
   if (Program == 0) return true;
     
-  if (!run_as_child)
-    outs() << "Read input file      : '" << Filenames[0] << "'\n";
+  outs() << "Read input file      : '" << Filenames[0] << "'\n";
 
   for (unsigned i = 1, e = Filenames.size(); i != e; ++i) {
     std::auto_ptr<Module> M(ParseInputFile(Filenames[i], Context));
     if (M.get() == 0) return true;
 
-    if (!run_as_child)
-      outs() << "Linking in input file: '" << Filenames[i] << "'\n";
+    outs() << "Linking in input file: '" << Filenames[i] << "'\n";
     std::string ErrorMessage;
     if (Linker::LinkModules(Program, M.get(), &ErrorMessage)) {
       errs() << ToolName << ": error linking in '" << Filenames[i] << "': "
@@ -136,8 +134,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  if (!run_as_child)
-    outs() << "*** All input ok\n";
+  outs() << "*** All input ok\n";
 
   // All input files read successfully!
   return false;
@@ -149,14 +146,6 @@
 /// variables are set up from command line arguments.
 ///
 bool BugDriver::run(std::string &ErrMsg) {
-  // The first thing to do is determine if we're running as a child. If we are,
-  // then what to do is very narrow. This form of invocation is only called
-  // from the runPasses method to actually run those passes in a child process.
-  if (run_as_child) {
-    // Execute the passes
-    return runPassesAsChild(PassesToRun);
-  }
-  
   if (run_find_bugs) {
     // Rearrange the passes and apply them to the program. Repeat this process
     // until the user kills the program or we find a bug.
diff --git a/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.h b/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.h
index fb5ae29..6312ffa 100644
--- a/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.h
+++ b/tools/bugpoint/BugDriver.h
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@
   AbstractInterpreter *Interpreter;   // How to run the program
   AbstractInterpreter *SafeInterpreter;  // To generate reference output, etc.
   GCC *gcc;
-  bool run_as_child;
   bool run_find_bugs;
   unsigned Timeout;
   unsigned MemoryLimit;
@@ -62,7 +61,7 @@
   friend class ReduceMisCodegenFunctions;
 
 public:
-  BugDriver(const char *toolname, bool as_child, bool find_bugs,
+  BugDriver(const char *toolname, bool find_bugs,
             unsigned timeout, unsigned memlimit, bool use_valgrind,
             LLVMContext& ctxt);
   ~BugDriver();
@@ -290,9 +289,6 @@
     return runPasses(M, PassesToRun, Filename, DeleteOutput);
   }
 
-  /// runAsChild - The actual "runPasses" guts that runs in a child process.
-  int runPassesAsChild(const std::vector<const PassInfo*> &PassesToRun);
-
   /// initializeExecutionEnvironment - This method is used to set up the
   /// environment for executing LLVM programs.
   ///
diff --git a/tools/bugpoint/OptimizerDriver.cpp b/tools/bugpoint/OptimizerDriver.cpp
index a6b90dc..15a5bfa 100644
--- a/tools/bugpoint/OptimizerDriver.cpp
+++ b/tools/bugpoint/OptimizerDriver.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "llvm/Target/TargetData.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/FileUtilities.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/CommandLine.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/Debug.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/raw_ostream.h"
 #include "llvm/System/Path.h"
 #include "llvm/System/Program.h"
@@ -85,37 +86,6 @@
   outs() << getPassesString(PassesToRun) << "\n";
 }
 
-int BugDriver::runPassesAsChild(const std::vector<const PassInfo*> &Passes) {
-  std::string ErrInfo;
-  raw_fd_ostream OutFile(ChildOutput.c_str(), ErrInfo,
-                         raw_fd_ostream::F_Binary);
-  if (!ErrInfo.empty()) {
-    errs() << "Error opening bitcode file: " << ChildOutput << "\n";
-    return 1;
-  }
-
-  PassManager PM;
-  // Make sure that the appropriate target data is always used...
-  PM.add(new TargetData(Program));
-
-  for (unsigned i = 0, e = Passes.size(); i != e; ++i) {
-    if (Passes[i]->getNormalCtor())
-      PM.add(Passes[i]->getNormalCtor()());
-    else
-      errs() << "Cannot create pass yet: " << Passes[i]->getPassName() << "\n";
-  }
-  // Check that the module is well formed on completion of optimization
-  PM.add(createVerifierPass());
-
-  // Write bitcode out to disk as the last step...
-  PM.add(createBitcodeWriterPass(OutFile));
-
-  // Run all queued passes.
-  PM.run(*Program);
-
-  return 0;
-}
-
 cl::opt<bool> SilencePasses("silence-passes", cl::desc("Suppress output of running passes (both stdout and stderr)"));
 
 /// runPasses - Run the specified passes on Program, outputting a bitcode file
@@ -164,17 +134,25 @@
 
   // setup the child process' arguments
   SmallVector<const char*, 8> Args;
-  sys::Path tool = sys::Program::FindProgramByName(ToolName);
+  std::string Opt;
+  llvm::StringRef TN(ToolName);
+  if (TN.find('/') == llvm::StringRef::npos) {
+    Opt = "opt";
+  } else {
+    std::pair<llvm::StringRef, llvm::StringRef> P = TN.rsplit('/');
+    Opt = P.first.str() + "/" + "opt";
+  }
+
+  sys::Path tool = sys::Program::FindProgramByName(Opt);
   if (UseValgrind) {
     Args.push_back("valgrind");
     Args.push_back("--error-exitcode=1");
     Args.push_back("-q");
     Args.push_back(tool.c_str());
   } else
-    Args.push_back(ToolName);
+    Args.push_back(Opt.c_str());
 
-  Args.push_back("-as-child");
-  Args.push_back("-child-output");
+  Args.push_back("-o");
   Args.push_back(OutputFilename.c_str());
   std::vector<std::string> pass_args;
   for (unsigned i = 0, e = PluginLoader::getNumPlugins(); i != e; ++i) {
@@ -192,6 +170,12 @@
     Args.push_back(*ExtraArgs);
   Args.push_back(0);
 
+  DEBUG(errs() << "\nAbout to run:\t";
+        for (unsigned i = 0, e = Args.size()-1; i != e; ++i)
+          errs() << " " << Args[i];
+        errs() << "\n";
+        );
+
   sys::Path prog;
   if (UseValgrind)
     prog = sys::Program::FindProgramByName("valgrind");
diff --git a/tools/bugpoint/bugpoint.cpp b/tools/bugpoint/bugpoint.cpp
index b4bc455..17f3fc7 100644
--- a/tools/bugpoint/bugpoint.cpp
+++ b/tools/bugpoint/bugpoint.cpp
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@
 #include "llvm/LinkAllVMCore.h"
 using namespace llvm;
 
-// AsChild - Specifies that this invocation of bugpoint is being generated
-// from a parent process. It is not intended to be used by users so the 
-// option is hidden.
-static cl::opt<bool> 
-AsChild("as-child", cl::desc("Run bugpoint as child process"), 
-        cl::ReallyHidden);
-          
 static cl::opt<bool> 
 FindBugs("find-bugs", cl::desc("Run many different optimization sequences "
                                "on program to find bugs"), cl::init(false));
@@ -124,7 +117,7 @@
       MemoryLimit = 100;
   }
 
-  BugDriver D(argv[0], AsChild, FindBugs, TimeoutValue, MemoryLimit,
+  BugDriver D(argv[0], FindBugs, TimeoutValue, MemoryLimit,
               UseValgrind, Context);
   if (D.addSources(InputFilenames)) return 1;