diff --git a/term.c b/term.c
index ec4b2aa..2c7c06e 100644
--- a/term.c
+++ b/term.c
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #endif
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 // compile with gcc term.c -lutil
@@ -31,10 +30,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         shell = "/bin/sh";
     }
 
-    // find the shell's name
-    char *slash = strrchr(shell, '/');
-    char *name = slash == NULL ? shell : slash + 1;
-
     // allocate a pty, fork, inititialize file descriptor
     int fdm = -1; // allocate file descriptor
     pid_t pid = forkpty(&fdm, NULL, NULL, NULL);
@@ -46,9 +41,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
         setenv("TERM", "ansi", 1);
         // execute shell
         if (login) {
-            execlp(name, shell, "-l", "-i", NULL);
+            execlp(shell, shell, "-l", "-i", NULL);
         } else {
-            execlp(name, shell, NULL);
+            execlp(shell, shell, NULL);
         }
         perror("exec bash failed");
     } else { // parent