diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index a02abe807..31b5001fd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ slab = "0.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
-nix = "0.7"
+libc = "0.2"
diff --git a/tests/pipe-hup.rs b/tests/pipe-hup.rs
index acb1af5d7..9fae3e760 100644
--- a/tests/pipe-hup.rs
+++ b/tests/pipe-hup.rs
@@ -2,20 +2,18 @@
 
 extern crate env_logger;
 extern crate futures;
-extern crate nix;
+extern crate libc;
 extern crate mio;
 extern crate tokio_core;
 
-use std::io;
-use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, RawFd};
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::{self, Write};
+use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd};
 use std::thread;
+use std::time::Duration;
 
 use mio::{Evented, PollOpt, Ready, Token};
 use mio::unix::EventedFd;
-use nix::fcntl::{fcntl, O_NONBLOCK};
-use nix::fcntl::FcntlArg::F_SETFL;
-use nix::unistd::{close, pipe, read, write};
 
 use tokio_core::io::read_to_end;
 use tokio_core::reactor::{Core, PollEvented};
@@ -27,51 +25,25 @@ macro_rules! t {
     })
 }
 
-fn set_nonblock(s: &AsRawFd) -> io::Result<()> {
-    fcntl(s.as_raw_fd(), F_SETFL(O_NONBLOCK)).map_err(from_nix_error)
-                                             .map(|_| ())
-}
+struct MyFile(File);
 
-fn from_nix_error(err: nix::Error) -> io::Error {
-    io::Error::from_raw_os_error(err.errno() as i32)
-}
-
-struct PipeSource(RawFd);
-
-impl io::Read for PipeSource {
-    fn read(&mut self, bytes: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        read(self.as_raw_fd(), bytes).map_err(from_nix_error)
+impl MyFile {
+    fn new(file: File) -> MyFile {
+        unsafe {
+            let r = libc::fcntl(file.as_raw_fd(), libc::F_SETFL, libc::O_NONBLOCK);
+            assert!(r != -1, "fcntl error: {}", io::Error::last_os_error());
+        }
+        MyFile(file)
     }
 }
 
-pub struct StdStream<T> {
-    io: PollEvented<RawFdWrap<T>>,
-}
-
-impl<T> io::Read for StdStream<T> where T: io::Read {
-    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        self.io.read(buf)
-    }
-}
-
-struct RawFdWrap<T>(T);
-
-impl<T> RawFdWrap<T> {
-    fn new(fd: T) -> io::Result<Self>
-        where T: AsRawFd {
-
-        try!(set_nonblock(&fd));
-        Ok(RawFdWrap(fd))
-    }
-}
-
-impl<T> io::Read for RawFdWrap<T> where T: io::Read {
+impl io::Read for MyFile {
     fn read(&mut self, bytes: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.0.read(bytes)
     }
 }
 
-impl<T> Evented for RawFdWrap<T> where T: AsRawFd {
+impl Evented for MyFile {
     fn register(&self, poll: &mio::Poll, token: Token, interest: Ready, opts: PollOpt)
                 -> io::Result<()> {
         EventedFd(&self.0.as_raw_fd()).register(poll, token, interest | Ready::hup(), opts)
@@ -85,31 +57,28 @@ impl<T> Evented for RawFdWrap<T> where T: AsRawFd {
     }
 }
 
-impl AsRawFd for PipeSource {
-    fn as_raw_fd(&self) -> RawFd {
-        self.0
-    }
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn hup() {
     drop(env_logger::init());
 
     let mut l = t!(Core::new());
-    let (source, sink) = pipe().unwrap();
-    let t = thread::spawn(move || {
-        write(sink, b"Hello!\n").unwrap();
-        write(sink, b"Good bye!\n").unwrap();
-        thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
-        close(sink).unwrap();
-    });
+    unsafe {
+        let mut pipes = [0; 2];
+        assert!(libc::pipe(pipes.as_mut_ptr()) != -1,
+                "pipe error: {}", io::Error::last_os_error());
+        let read = File::from_raw_fd(pipes[0]);
+        let mut write = File::from_raw_fd(pipes[1]);
+        let t = thread::spawn(move || {
+            write.write_all(b"Hello!\n").unwrap();
+            write.write_all(b"Good bye!\n").unwrap();
+            thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(100));
+        });
 
-    let source = StdStream {
-        io: PollEvented::new(RawFdWrap::new(PipeSource(source)).unwrap(), &l.handle()).unwrap()
-    };
+        let source = PollEvented::new(MyFile::new(read), &l.handle()).unwrap();
 
-    let reader = read_to_end(source, Vec::new());
-    let (_, content) = t!(l.run(reader));
-    assert_eq!(&b"Hello!\nGood bye!\n"[..], &content[..]);
-    t.join().unwrap();
+        let reader = read_to_end(source, Vec::new());
+        let (_, content) = t!(l.run(reader));
+        assert_eq!(&b"Hello!\nGood bye!\n"[..], &content[..]);
+        t.join().unwrap();
+    }
 }