diff --git a/benchmark/http_simple.js b/benchmark/http_simple.js
index 8bfc097244..9025e5d940 100644
--- a/benchmark/http_simple.js
+++ b/benchmark/http_simple.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ path = require("path");
 libDir = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), "../lib");
 require.paths.unshift(libDir);
 
-process.mixin(require("sys"));
+var puts = require("sys").puts;
 http = require("http");
 
 fixed = ""
diff --git a/benchmark/process_loop.js b/benchmark/process_loop.js
index 372a89cf34..55ad6c4495 100644
--- a/benchmark/process_loop.js
+++ b/benchmark/process_loop.js
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-var path = require("path");
-libDir = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), "../lib");
-require.paths.unshift(libDir);
-process.mixin(require("sys"));
+var sys = require("../lib/sys");
+
 function next (i) {
   if (i <= 0) return;
 
   var child = process.createChildProcess("echo", ["hello"]);
 
   child.addListener("output", function (chunk) {
-    if (chunk) print(chunk);
+    if (chunk) sys.print(chunk);
   });
 
   child.addListener("exit", function (code) {
diff --git a/benchmark/run.js b/benchmark/run.js
index 8466b9760f..b1ab79ecc1 100644
--- a/benchmark/run.js
+++ b/benchmark/run.js
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 var path = require("path");
-libDir = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), "../lib");
-require.paths.unshift(libDir);
-process.mixin(require("sys"));
+var sys = require("../lib/sys");
 var benchmarks = [ "static_http_server.js" 
                  , "timers.js"
                  , "process_loop.js"
                  ];
 
-var benchmark_dir = path.dirname(__filename);
+var benchmarkDir = path.dirname(__filename);
 
 function exec (script, callback) {
   var start = new Date();
-  var child = process.createChildProcess(process.ARGV[0], [path.join(benchmark_dir, script)]);
+  var child = process.createChildProcess(process.ARGV[0], [path.join(benchmarkDir, script)]);
   child.addListener("exit", function (code) {
     var elapsed = new Date() - start;
     callback(elapsed, code);
@@ -20,12 +18,12 @@ function exec (script, callback) {
 
 function runNext (i) {
   if (i >= benchmarks.length) return;
-  print(benchmarks[i] + ": ");
+  sys.print(benchmarks[i] + ": ");
   exec(benchmarks[i], function (elapsed, code) {
     if (code != 0) {
-      puts("ERROR  ");
+      sys.puts("ERROR  ");
     }
-    puts(elapsed);
+    sys.puts(elapsed);
     runNext(i+1);
   });
 };
diff --git a/benchmark/static_http_server.js b/benchmark/static_http_server.js
index 5b4f220ba8..398b9bf204 100644
--- a/benchmark/static_http_server.js
+++ b/benchmark/static_http_server.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-var path = require("path");
-libDir = path.join(path.dirname(__filename), "../lib");
-require.paths.unshift(libDir);
-http = require("http");
+var http = require("../lib/http");
+
 var concurrency = 30;
 var port = 8000;
 var n = 700;
diff --git a/bin/node-repl b/bin/node-repl
index 82eb1bca12..9dfdd0ab5a 100755
--- a/bin/node-repl
+++ b/bin/node-repl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-process.mixin(require('sys'));
+puts = require("sys").puts;
+
 puts("Welcome to the Node.js REPL.");
 puts("Enter ECMAScript at the prompt.");
 puts("Tip 1: Use 'rlwrap node-repl' for a better interface");
diff --git a/deps/libev/wscript b/deps/libev/wscript
index 7075db7653..19e7bb2497 100644
--- a/deps/libev/wscript
+++ b/deps/libev/wscript
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def configure(conf):
       int main() {
           struct timespec ts; 
           int status = syscall(SYS_clock_gettime, CLOCK_REALTIME, &ts);
-          puts("1"); // fucking waf...
           return 0;
       }
   """
diff --git a/deps/v8/SConstruct b/deps/v8/SConstruct
index 0b038039ef..5483663fd6 100644
--- a/deps/v8/SConstruct
+++ b/deps/v8/SConstruct
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ V8_EXTRA_FLAGS = {
   'gcc': {
     'all': {
       'WARNINGFLAGS': ['-Wall',
-                       '-Werror',
                        '-W',
                        '-Wno-unused-parameter',
                        '-Wnon-virtual-dtor']
diff --git a/doc/api.txt b/doc/api.txt
index a6ca6bf11a..c745bc8716 100644
--- a/doc/api.txt
+++ b/doc/api.txt
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ server.addListener("connection", function (socket) {
 Remove a listener from the listener array for the specified event.
 *Caution*: changes array indices in the listener array behind the listener.
 
++emitter.removeAllListeners(event)+ ::
+Removes all listeners from the listener array for the specified event.
+
 +emitter.listeners(event)+ ::
 Returns an array of listeners for the specified event. This array can be
 manipulated, e.g. to remove listeners.
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 9461f2d820..22d4afb443 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -444,7 +444,8 @@ var FileReadStream = exports.FileReadStream = function(path, options) {
   this.mode = 0666;
   this.bufferSize = 4 * 1024;
 
-  process.mixin(this, options || {});
+  options = options || {};
+  for (var i in options) this[i] = options[i];
 
   var
     self = this,
@@ -555,7 +556,8 @@ var FileWriteStream = exports.FileWriteStream = function(path, options) {
   this.encoding = 'binary';
   this.mode = 0666;
 
-  process.mixin(this, options || {});
+  options = options || {};
+  for (var i in options) this[i] = options[i];
 
   var
     self = this,
diff --git a/src/node.js b/src/node.js
index afc70bf88f..0398ba261f 100644
--- a/src/node.js
+++ b/src/node.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function removed (reason) {
 }
 
 GLOBAL.__module = removed("'__module' has been renamed to 'module'");
-GLOBAL.include = removed("include(module) has been removed. Use process.mixin(GLOBAL, require(module)) to get the same effect.");
+GLOBAL.include = removed("include(module) has been removed. Use require(module)");
 GLOBAL.puts = removed("puts() has moved. Use require('sys') to bring it back.");
 GLOBAL.print = removed("print() has moved. Use require('sys') to bring it back.");
 GLOBAL.p = removed("p() has moved. Use require('sys') to bring it back.");
@@ -186,6 +186,12 @@ var eventsModule = createInternalModule('events', function (exports) {
     return this;
   };
 
+  process.EventEmitter.prototype.removeAllListeners = function (type) {
+    // does not use listeners(), so no side effect of creating _events[type]
+    if (!type || !this._events || !this._events.hasOwnProperty(type)) return this;
+    this._events[type].length = 0;
+  };
+
   process.EventEmitter.prototype.listeners = function (type) {
     if (!this._events) this._events = {};
     if (!this._events.hasOwnProperty(type)) this._events[type] = [];
diff --git a/test/common.js b/test/common.js
index 035fe7a00b..ec614564e2 100644
--- a/test/common.js
+++ b/test/common.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 var path = require("path");
 
+exports = module.exports = global;
+
 exports.testDir = path.dirname(__filename);
 exports.fixturesDir = path.join(exports.testDir, "fixtures");
 exports.libDir = path.join(exports.testDir, "../lib");
@@ -7,8 +9,6 @@ exports.PORT = 12346;
 
 require.paths.unshift(exports.libDir);
 
-var assert = require('assert');
 var sys = require("sys");
-
-process.mixin(exports, sys);
-exports.assert = require('assert');
\ No newline at end of file
+for (var i in sys) exports[i] = sys[i];
+exports.assert = require('assert');
diff --git a/test/disabled/test-cat.js b/test/disabled/test-cat.js
index f5110404dc..19edc29c6f 100644
--- a/test/disabled/test-cat.js
+++ b/test/disabled/test-cat.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common.js"));
+require("../common.js");
 http = require("/http.js");
 
 puts("hello world");
diff --git a/test/disabled/test-dns.js b/test/disabled/test-dns.js
index 0d2bc2c395..675a2c330d 100644
--- a/test/disabled/test-dns.js
+++ b/test/disabled/test-dns.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var dns = require("dns"),
     sys = require("sys");
diff --git a/test/disabled/test-eio-race3.js b/test/disabled/test-eio-race3.js
index c911c077d9..8c70375a44 100644
--- a/test/disabled/test-eio-race3.js
+++ b/test/disabled/test-eio-race3.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* XXX Can this test be modified to not call the now-removed wait()? */
 
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 
 puts('first stat ...');
diff --git a/test/disabled/test-fs-sendfile.js b/test/disabled/test-fs-sendfile.js
index 225657205b..eb8ac13b34 100644
--- a/test/disabled/test-fs-sendfile.js
+++ b/test/disabled/test-fs-sendfile.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 tcp = require("tcp");
 sys = require("sys");
diff --git a/test/disabled/test-http-stress.js b/test/disabled/test-http-stress.js
index da07bb72df..f6e6b795d0 100644
--- a/test/disabled/test-http-stress.js
+++ b/test/disabled/test-http-stress.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require('../common.js'));
+require("../common");
 
 var request_count = 1000;
 var response_body = '{"ok": true}';
diff --git a/test/fixtures/echo.js b/test/fixtures/echo.js
index 0aed0ff84c..8cb96e2026 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/echo.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/echo.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 process.stdio.open();
 
 print("hello world\r\n");
diff --git a/test/fixtures/print-chars.js b/test/fixtures/print-chars.js
index ba539ffb76..2f8b6cf769 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/print-chars.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/print-chars.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var n = parseInt(process.argv[2]);
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js b/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js
index 67149e6a76..bdc709d356 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-http-client-reconnect-bug.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var tcp = require("tcp"),
     sys = require("sys"),
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-keep-alive.js b/test/pummel/test-keep-alive.js
index b77d815aeb..cf31c1eb63 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-keep-alive.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-keep-alive.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // This test requires the program "ab"
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 http = require("http");
 sys = require("sys");
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-multipart.js b/test/pummel/test-multipart.js
index c3fb9492ee..dd79af0290 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-multipart.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-multipart.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var http = require("http"),
   multipart = require("multipart"),
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-process-spawn-loop.js b/test/pummel/test-process-spawn-loop.js
index 9a639ee9f1..6b8d9d8f4b 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-process-spawn-loop.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-process-spawn-loop.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var N = 40;
 var finished = false;
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-many-clients.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-many-clients.js
index 517b66ea4a..f6de67bc2d 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-many-clients.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-many-clients.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 // settings
 var bytes = 1024*40;
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-pause.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-pause.js
index 0316e7797d..71b83df9e2 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-pause.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-pause.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 N = 200;
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong-delay.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong-delay.js
index 5afe0eacdd..b0a2a18aaf 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong-delay.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong-delay.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong.js
index c90aa3b167..135b9a5958 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-pingpong.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 
 var tests_run = 0;
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-throttle.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-throttle.js
index 32a7363722..2e6fdef3a1 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-throttle.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-throttle.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 N = 60*1024; // 30kb
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-timeout.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-timeout.js
index 6c04768dcf..b06c81da69 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-timeout.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-timeout.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 exchanges = 0;
 starttime = null;
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-tcp-tls.js b/test/pummel/test-tcp-tls.js
index 9cdad204db..55612d6965 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-tcp-tls.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-tcp-tls.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 fs=require("fs");
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-timers.js b/test/pummel/test-timers.js
index 853df08ae3..ce371fa086 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-timers.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-timers.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var WINDOW = 200; // why is does this need to be so big?
 
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-watch-file.js b/test/pummel/test-watch-file.js
index 3b9890037c..aaef2da7f4 100644
--- a/test/pummel/test-watch-file.js
+++ b/test/pummel/test-watch-file.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var fs = require("fs");
 var path = require("path");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-assert.js b/test/simple/test-assert.js
index ea725f284c..610236856a 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-assert.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-assert.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var a = require('assert');
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-byte-length.js b/test/simple/test-byte-length.js
index cd0f2c4814..465b6649c1 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-byte-length.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-byte-length.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 assert.equal(14, process._byteLength("Il était tué"));
 assert.equal(14, process._byteLength("Il était tué", "utf8"));
diff --git a/test/simple/test-chdir.js b/test/simple/test-chdir.js
index 12ade044b6..bd9c522bfa 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-chdir.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-chdir.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 assert.equal(true, process.cwd() !== __dirname);
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-child-process-env.js b/test/simple/test-child-process-env.js
index 4b5d902030..4600fea9ef 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-child-process-env.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-child-process-env.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 child = process.createChildProcess('/usr/bin/env', [], {'HELLO' : 'WORLD'});
 response = "";
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-delayed-require.js b/test/simple/test-delayed-require.js
index ed9b9d8562..971cc271a1 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-delayed-require.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-delayed-require.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 setTimeout(function () {
   a = require("../fixtures/a");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-eio-race.js b/test/simple/test-eio-race.js
index bb9045ce13..580495923e 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-eio-race.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-eio-race.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var count = 100;
 var fs = require('fs');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-eio-race2.js b/test/simple/test-eio-race2.js
index c96aa8c473..374978904b 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-eio-race2.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-eio-race2.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var testTxt = path.join(fixturesDir, "x.txt");
 var fs = require('fs');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-eio-race4.js b/test/simple/test-eio-race4.js
index f5fb65a8ee..2109abaeee 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-eio-race4.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-eio-race4.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var fs = require('fs');
 var N = 100;
 var j = 0;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-event-emitter-add-listeners.js b/test/simple/test-event-emitter-add-listeners.js
index 2294372050..cdb9db7ef8 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-event-emitter-add-listeners.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-event-emitter-add-listeners.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var events = require('events');
 
 var e = new events.EventEmitter();
diff --git a/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js b/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
index cfd31ca519..1dd94ba712 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-event-emitter-modify-in-emit.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var events = require('events');
 
 var callbacks_called = [ ];
@@ -30,3 +30,9 @@ assert.deepEqual(["callback1", "callback2"], callbacks_called);
 e.emit("foo");
 assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length);
 assert.deepEqual(["callback1", "callback2"], callbacks_called);
+
+e.addListener("foo", callback1);
+e.addListener("foo", callback2);
+assert.equal(2, e.listeners("foo").length)
+e.removeAllListeners("foo")
+assert.equal(0, e.listeners("foo").length)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/simple/test-exception-handler.js b/test/simple/test-exception-handler.js
index fab4e44a44..61f92225e7 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-exception-handler.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-exception-handler.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var MESSAGE = 'catch me if you can';
 var caughtException = false;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-exec.js b/test/simple/test-exec.js
index 7f9dd8db17..d899073324 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-exec.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-exec.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 success_count = 0;
 error_count = 0;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-file-read-noexist.js b/test/simple/test-file-read-noexist.js
index ae162f2a97..13cd7f9c77 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-file-read-noexist.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-file-read-noexist.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var got_error = false;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-file-read-stream.js b/test/simple/test-file-read-stream.js
index ab41487090..df57387947 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-file-read-stream.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-file-read-stream.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require('../common'));
+require('../common');
 
 var
   path = require('path'),
diff --git a/test/simple/test-file-write-stream.js b/test/simple/test-file-write-stream.js
index 60f693a222..579455c7d9 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-file-write-stream.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-file-write-stream.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require('../common'));
+require('../common');
 
 var
   path = require('path'),
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-chmod.js b/test/simple/test-fs-chmod.js
index 7b6cd52b92..f8c4d71453 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-chmod.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-chmod.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var got_error = false;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-realpath.js b/test/simple/test-fs-realpath.js
index 7efb0b4509..2bf444e5f8 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-realpath.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-realpath.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var async_completed = 0, async_expected = 0, unlink = [];
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js b/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js
index 3f85032cef..5f5333d1b8 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-stat.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var fs = require('fs');
 var got_error = false;
 var success_count = 0;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-symlink.js b/test/simple/test-fs-symlink.js
index 79eedb90e4..3217ff437f 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-symlink.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-symlink.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var completed = 0;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-fs-write.js b/test/simple/test-fs-write.js
index 4670570ab3..8290d9a086 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-fs-write.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-fs-write.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 var fn = path.join(fixturesDir, "write.txt");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-1.0.js b/test/simple/test-http-1.0.js
index 8a54b90342..ceca527719 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-1.0.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-1.0.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 http = require("http");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-cat.js b/test/simple/test-http-cat.js
index 7e729b275e..e81a5c502f 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-cat.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-cat.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 http = require("http");
 
 var body = "exports.A = function() { return 'A';}";
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-chunked.js b/test/simple/test-http-chunked.js
index 4bcabcc942..28d4cc6424 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-chunked.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-chunked.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var http = require("http");
 
 var UTF8_STRING = "Il était tué";
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-client-race.js b/test/simple/test-http-client-race.js
index acea6993f3..9076924b37 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-client-race.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-client-race.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 http = require("http");
 url = require("url");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-client-upload.js b/test/simple/test-http-client-upload.js
index 8c05de4d37..4c11bd4078 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-client-upload.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-client-upload.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 http = require("http");
 
 var sent_body = "";
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-eof-on-connect.js b/test/simple/test-http-eof-on-connect.js
index ffa07b1ebb..67d4b28fe9 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-eof-on-connect.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-eof-on-connect.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 http = require("http");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-malformed-request.js b/test/simple/test-http-malformed-request.js
index 5121df4d4a..a1d4b8c91a 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-malformed-request.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-malformed-request.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 http = require("http");
 url = require("url");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-proxy.js b/test/simple/test-http-proxy.js
index 6f3af1d449..20992b9dc6 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-proxy.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-proxy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 http = require("http");
 url = require("url");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-server.js b/test/simple/test-http-server.js
index fc5e6f1552..fba33ba9fc 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-server.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-server.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 http = require("http");
 url = require("url");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-tls.js b/test/simple/test-http-tls.js
index ed4277ca2e..0784829421 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-tls.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-tls.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var http = require("http");
 var url = require("url");
 var fs = require('fs');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http-wget.js b/test/simple/test-http-wget.js
index dfe9701e61..09bda32593 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http-wget.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http-wget.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 http = require("http");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-http.js b/test/simple/test-http.js
index cd91d49904..c59927763a 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-http.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-http.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 http = require("http");
 url = require("url");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-idle-watcher.js b/test/simple/test-idle-watcher.js
index 8bfca5dfaa..5debfa4f7e 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-idle-watcher.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-idle-watcher.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var complete = false;
 var idle = new process.IdleWatcher();
diff --git a/test/simple/test-ini.js b/test/simple/test-ini.js
index c9d0f8897f..72ccbfcf3b 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-ini.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-ini.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require("fs");
 parse = require("ini").parse;
diff --git a/test/simple/test-memory-usage.js b/test/simple/test-memory-usage.js
index 8a2a29fc64..8efe0f5913 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-memory-usage.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-memory-usage.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var r = process.memoryUsage();
 puts(inspect(r));
diff --git a/test/simple/test-mkdir-rmdir.js b/test/simple/test-mkdir-rmdir.js
index 24e8835991..1464370ce6 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-mkdir-rmdir.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-mkdir-rmdir.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-module-loading.js b/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
index 1d796d0324..0d99c25a90 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-module-loading.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 
 debug("load test-module-loading.js");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-next-tick.js b/test/simple/test-next-tick.js
index 9758535320..810ed70826 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-next-tick.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-next-tick.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var complete = 0;
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-path.js b/test/simple/test-path.js
index 961d6d1fa2..4e5a703ea3 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-path.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-path.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var path = require("path");
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var f = __filename;
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-process-buffering.js b/test/simple/test-process-buffering.js
index 50d6ae622c..7837740300 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-process-buffering.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-process-buffering.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var pwd_called = false;
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-process-kill.js b/test/simple/test-process-kill.js
index 9d2bf091f1..6ee9e5fa3f 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-process-kill.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-process-kill.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var exit_status = -1;
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-process-mixin.js b/test/simple/test-process-mixin.js
index ca7bf9545b..0fbe09a70c 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-process-mixin.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-process-mixin.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var target = function() {};
 process.mixin(target, {
@@ -43,4 +43,4 @@ process.mixin(true, target, {
 });
 
 assert.notStrictEqual(['bar'], target.foo);
-assert.deepEqual(['bar'], target.foo);
\ No newline at end of file
+assert.deepEqual(['bar'], target.foo);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-process-simple.js b/test/simple/test-process-simple.js
index ab6f87a21a..dad8f44442 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-process-simple.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-process-simple.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var cat = process.createChildProcess("cat");
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-querystring.js b/test/simple/test-querystring.js
index 9295ff7e12..3e018a62d0 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-querystring.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-querystring.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 // test using assert
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-readdir.js b/test/simple/test-readdir.js
index 67d1151c11..c90fe37359 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-readdir.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-readdir.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-remote-module-loading.js b/test/simple/test-remote-module-loading.js
index f2463a4ebd..0a2af87e08 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-remote-module-loading.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-remote-module-loading.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var http = require('http');
 var sys = require('sys');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-signal-handler.js b/test/simple/test-signal-handler.js
index a2d76e651a..5e772d192a 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-signal-handler.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-signal-handler.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 puts("process.pid: " + process.pid);
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-stdio.js b/test/simple/test-stdio.js
index c88774a9a2..3c33fcfe66 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-stdio.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-stdio.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 
 var sub = path.join(fixturesDir, 'echo.js');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-stdout-flush.js b/test/simple/test-stdout-flush.js
index fe0273fc62..06864a6b87 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-stdout-flush.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-stdout-flush.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 var path = require('path');
 
 var sub = path.join(fixturesDir, 'print-chars.js');
diff --git a/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js b/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js
index 318d0621bd..297652c0ab 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-sync-fileread.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require('../common'));
+require('../common');
 var path = require('path');
 var fs = require('fs');
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-sys.js b/test/simple/test-sys.js
index d2b50a3a1a..5d2ccdf9e4 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-sys.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-sys.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
-process.mixin(require("sys"));
+require("../common");
 
 assert.equal("0", inspect(0));
 assert.equal("1", inspect(1));
diff --git a/test/simple/test-tcp-binary.js b/test/simple/test-tcp-binary.js
index 796061b0a0..e1d85542c3 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-tcp-binary.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-tcp-binary.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 
 binaryString = "";
diff --git a/test/simple/test-tcp-reconnect.js b/test/simple/test-tcp-reconnect.js
index 090ec61be1..2a1ce652a5 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-tcp-reconnect.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-tcp-reconnect.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 tcp = require("tcp");
 var N = 50;
 
diff --git a/test/simple/test-umask.js b/test/simple/test-umask.js
index 8674642bae..3de9565faa 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-umask.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-umask.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var mask = 0664;
 var old = process.umask(mask);
diff --git a/test/simple/test-url.js b/test/simple/test-url.js
index b474812d87..0b81191fce 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-url.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-url.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 var url = require("url"),
   sys = require("sys");
diff --git a/test/simple/test-utf8-scripts.js b/test/simple/test-utf8-scripts.js
index 8346d43fac..a3b46e1dcc 100644
--- a/test/simple/test-utf8-scripts.js
+++ b/test/simple/test-utf8-scripts.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-process.mixin(require("../common"));
+require("../common");
 
 // üäö
 
diff --git a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py
index 5663fb8b8e..6008265dda 100644
--- a/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py
+++ b/tools/wafadmin/Tools/config_c.py
@@ -541,8 +541,10 @@ def run_c_code(self, *k, **kw):
 
 	# if we need to run the program, try to get its result
 	if kw['execute']:
+		ak = {} # syntax for python < 2.5, don't touch
+		ak['stdout'] = ak['stderr'] = Utils.pproc.PIPE
 		args = Utils.to_list(kw.get('exec_args', []))
-		proc = Utils.pproc.Popen([lastprog], *args, stdout=Utils.pproc.PIPE, stderr=Utils.pproc.PIPE)
+		proc = Utils.pproc.Popen([lastprog], *args, **ak)
 		(out, err) = proc.communicate()
 		w = self.log.write
 		w(str(out))