1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py
index 6a3ad9e76f..6553dced65 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/client.py
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-import os
-import sys
+import subprocess
 
 from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
 
@@ -10,7 +9,4 @@ class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
     def runshell(self):
         args = [self.executable_name,
                 self.connection.settings_dict['NAME']]
-        if os.name == 'nt':
-            sys.exit(os.system(" ".join(args)))
-        else:
-            os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)
+        subprocess.call(args)