diff --git a/scripts/format b/scripts/format
index f2edb54a..88f371a9 100755
--- a/scripts/format
+++ b/scripts/format
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ const globby = require('globby');
 const main = require('apr-main');
 const argv = require('yargs').argv;
 const path = require('path');
-const fs = require('fs');
 
 const getStaged = awaitify(sgf);
 
@@ -37,15 +36,13 @@ const run = async (files = []) => {
     return;
   }
 
-  const cp = execa(
+  return execa(
     'prettier',
-    ['--write', '--single-quote'].concat(filter(files))
+    ['--write', '--single-quote'].concat(filteredFiles),
+    {
+      stdio: 'inherit'
+    }
   );
-
-  cp.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-  cp.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
-
-  return cp;
 };
 
 const all = async () => {
diff --git a/scripts/license-to-fail b/scripts/license-to-fail
index 59728d44..9499ab17 100755
--- a/scripts/license-to-fail
+++ b/scripts/license-to-fail
@@ -12,16 +12,12 @@ const CWD = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 const BIN = path.join(CWD, 'node_modules/.bin/license-to-fail');
 
 const run = async (dirs = []) =>
-  forEach(dirs, async dir => {
-    const cp = execa(BIN, [config], {
-      cwd: dir
-    });
-
-    cp.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-    cp.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
-
-    return cp;
-  });
+  forEach(dirs, async dir =>
+    execa(BIN, [config], {
+      cwd: dir,
+      stdio: 'inherit'
+    })
+  );
 
 const all = async () => {
   const files = await globby(['packages/*/', '.'], {
diff --git a/scripts/quality-docs b/scripts/quality-docs
index 7a9c335c..5433d9e3 100755
--- a/scripts/quality-docs
+++ b/scripts/quality-docs
@@ -8,14 +8,11 @@ const argv = require('yargs').argv;
 const path = require('path');
 
 const run = async (files = []) =>
-  forEach(files, async file => {
-    const cp = execa('quality-docs', [file]);
-
-    cp.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-    cp.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
-
-    return cp;
-  });
+  forEach(files, async file =>
+    execa('quality-docs', [file], {
+      stdio: 'inherit'
+    })
+  );
 
 const all = async () => {
   const files = await globby(['packages/**/*.md', './*.md'], {
diff --git a/scripts/run-staged-pkg b/scripts/run-staged-pkg
index 132373c0..e6191094 100755
--- a/scripts/run-staged-pkg
+++ b/scripts/run-staged-pkg
@@ -24,14 +24,10 @@ const statuses = [
   'Unmerged'
 ];
 
-const exec = (args = []) => {
-  const cp = execa('lerna', args);
-
-  cp.stdout.pipe(process.stdout);
-  cp.stderr.pipe(process.stderr);
-
-  return cp;
-};
+const exec = (args = []) =>
+  execa('lerna', args, {
+    stdio: 'inherit'
+  });
 
 const lint = scope => exec(['run', 'lint', '--scope', scope]);
 const test = scope => exec(['run', 'test', '--scope', scope]);
@@ -65,7 +61,7 @@ const gather = async () => {
     JSON.parse(await readFile(path.join(folder, 'package.json'), 'utf-8'))
   );
 
-  return await map(pkgs.map(({ name }) => name), run);
+  return map(pkgs.map(({ name }) => name), run);
 };
 
 main(gather());