diff --git a/native/jni/daemon/bootstages.cpp b/native/jni/daemon/bootstages.cpp
index 6b6d874f0..d40b319cd 100644
--- a/native/jni/daemon/bootstages.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/daemon/bootstages.cpp
@@ -561,17 +561,19 @@ static void install_apk(const char *apk) {
 	setfilecon(apk, "u:object_r:" SEPOL_FILE_DOMAIN ":s0");
 	while (1) {
 		sleep(5);
-		LOGD("apk_install: attempting to install APK");
-		int apk_res = -1, pid;
-		pid = exec_command(true, &apk_res, nullptr, "/system/bin/pm", "install", "-r", apk, nullptr);
+		LOGD("apk_install: attempting to install APK\n");
+		int fd = -1, pid;
+		pid = exec_command(true, &fd, nullptr, "/system/bin/sh",
+				"/system/bin/pm", "install", "-r", apk, nullptr);
+		FILE *res = fdopen(fd, "r");
 		if (pid != -1) {
-			int err = 0;
-			while (fdgets(buf, PATH_MAX, apk_res) > 0) {
+			bool err = false;
+			while (fgets(buf, PATH_MAX, res)) {
 				LOGD("apk_install: %s", buf);
 				err |= strstr(buf, "Error:") != nullptr;
 			}
 			waitpid(pid, nullptr, 0);
-			close(apk_res);
+			fclose(res);
 			// Keep trying until pm is started
 			if (err)
 				continue;
diff --git a/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h b/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h
index 7cc967f8d..5dae25dfd 100644
--- a/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h
+++ b/native/jni/utils/include/utils.h
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ int xpoll(struct pollfd *fds, nfds_t nfds, int timeout);
 unsigned get_shell_uid();
 unsigned get_system_uid();
 unsigned get_radio_uid();
-ssize_t fdgets(char *buf, size_t size, int fd);
 int exec_command_sync(const char *argv0, ...);
 int fork_dont_care();
 void gen_rand_str(char *buf, int len);
diff --git a/native/jni/utils/misc.cpp b/native/jni/utils/misc.cpp
index f06fdd542..2d5f7a35a 100644
--- a/native/jni/utils/misc.cpp
+++ b/native/jni/utils/misc.cpp
@@ -39,25 +39,6 @@ unsigned get_radio_uid() {
 	return ppwd->pw_uid;
 }
 
-/* Read a whole line from file descriptor */
-ssize_t fdgets(char *buf, const size_t size, int fd) {
-	ssize_t len = 0;
-	buf[0] = '\0';
-	while (len < size - 1) {
-		int ret = read(fd, buf + len, 1);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			return -1;
-		if (ret == 0)
-			break;
-		if (buf[len] == '\0' || buf[len++] == '\n') {
-			buf[len] = '\0';
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-	buf[size - 1] = '\0';
-	return len;
-}
-
 int fork_dont_care() {
 	int pid = xfork();
 	if (pid) {