diff --git a/lib/git/branch_shortcuts.sh b/lib/git/branch_shortcuts.sh
index 7a52531..ac3cdcc 100644
--- a/lib/git/branch_shortcuts.sh
+++ b/lib/git/branch_shortcuts.sh
@@ -20,20 +20,9 @@ function _scmb_git_branch_shortcuts {
     return 1
   fi
 
-  local git_branch_command="$_git_cmd branch --color=always \\\"$@\\\""
-
-  if [ "$_uname" = "Linux" ]; then
-    # Linux
-    local script_git_branch_command="script -q -c \"$git_branch_command\" /dev/null"
-  elif [ "$_uname" = "Darwin" ]; then
-    # OS X
-    local script_git_branch_command="script -q /dev/null \"$git_branch_command\""
-  fi
-
-
   # Use ruby to inject numbers into ls output
   ruby -e "$( cat <<EOF
-    output = %x($script_git_branch_command)
+    output = %x($_git_cmd branch --color=always $@)
     line_count = output.lines.to_a.size
     output.lines.each_with_index do |line, i|
       spaces = (line_count > 9 && i < 9 ? "  " : " ")