diff --git a/.travis/run.sh b/.travis/run.sh
index b32de4442..7c1e847c1 100755
--- a/.travis/run.sh
+++ b/.travis/run.sh
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ if [[ "$(uname -s)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
     # no fakeroot on OS X
     sudo tox -e $TOXENV -r
 else
-    fakeroot -f scripts/faked-debug.sh -u tox -r
+    fakeroot -u tox -r
 fi
diff --git a/Vagrantfile b/Vagrantfile
index e71861098..10f8cec27 100644
--- a/Vagrantfile
+++ b/Vagrantfile
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ def run_tests(boxname)
     # otherwise: just use the system python
     if which fakeroot 2> /dev/null; then
       echo "Running tox WITH fakeroot -u"
-      fakeroot -f scripts/faked-debug.sh -u tox --skip-missing-interpreters
+      fakeroot -u tox --skip-missing-interpreters
     else
       echo "Running tox WITHOUT fakeroot -u"
       tox --skip-missing-interpreters
diff --git a/scripts/faked-debug.sh b/scripts/faked-debug.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 924193c6d..000000000
--- a/scripts/faked-debug.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-if which faked; then
-  faked --debug "$@"
-else
-  faked-sysv --debug "$@"
-fi