diff --git a/oml/media/pdf.py b/oml/media/pdf.py
index f23f309..ed20f6d 100644
--- a/oml/media/pdf.py
+++ b/oml/media/pdf.py
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ def info(pdf):
 
     '''
     cmd = ['pdfinfo', pdf]
-    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, close_fds=True)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
     for line in stdout.strip().split('\n'):
         parts = line.split(':')
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def extract_text(pdf):
         cmd = ['/usr/bin/mdimport', '-d2', pdf]
     else:
         cmd = ['pdftotext', pdf, '-']
-    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, close_fds=True)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
     stdout = stdout.decode()
     stderr = stderr.decode()
diff --git a/oml/tor.py b/oml/tor.py
index aeaf9ca..3f3513d 100644
--- a/oml/tor.py
+++ b/oml/tor.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ DirReqStatistics 0
             cmd = [tor, '--defaults-torrc', defaults, '-f', torrc]
             while self.running:
                 self.p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, bufsize=1,
-                    universal_newlines=True, close_fds=True, start_new_session=True)
+                    universal_newlines=True, start_new_session=True)
                 for line in self.p.stdout:
                     self._status.append(line)
                     logger.debug(line)