diff --git a/kernel.go b/kernel.go
index 049841f..7086a34 100644
--- a/kernel.go
+++ b/kernel.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 	"os/user"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jollheef/out-of-tree/config"
 	"github.com/naoina/toml"
@@ -33,8 +34,7 @@ func matchDebianHeadersPkg(container, mask string, generic bool) (
 	pkgs []string, err error) {
 
 	cmd := "apt-cache search linux-headers | cut -d ' ' -f 1"
-	c := dockerCommand(container, "/tmp", "1m", cmd)
-	rawOutput, err := c.CombinedOutput()
+	output, err := dockerRun(time.Minute, container, "/tmp", cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func matchDebianHeadersPkg(container, mask string, generic bool) (
 		return
 	}
 
-	kernels := r.FindAll(rawOutput, -1)
+	kernels := r.FindAll([]byte(output), -1)
 
 	for _, k := range kernels {
 		pkg := string(k)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0d91fd4..f71d9c2 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func main() {
 		"Create directories && download images")
 
 	// Check for required commands
-	for _, cmd := range []string{"timeout", "docker", "qemu-system-x86_64"} {
+	for _, cmd := range []string{"docker", "qemu-system-x86_64"} {
 		_, err := exec.Command("which", cmd).CombinedOutput()
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln("Command not found:", cmd)
diff --git a/pew.go b/pew.go
index e8ac172..64622dc 100644
--- a/pew.go
+++ b/pew.go
@@ -26,10 +26,24 @@ import (
 
 var somethingFailed = false
 
-func dockerCommand(container, workdir, timeout, command string) *exec.Cmd {
-	return exec.Command("timeout", "-k", timeout, timeout, "docker", "run",
-		"-v", workdir+":/work", container,
-		"bash", "-c", "cd /work && "+command)
+func dockerRun(timeout time.Duration, container, workdir, command string) (
+	output string, err error) {
+
+	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "run", "-v", workdir+":/work",
+		container, "bash", "-c", "cd /work && "+command)
+
+	timer := time.AfterFunc(timeout, func() {
+		cmd.Process.Kill()
+	})
+	defer timer.Stop()
+
+	raw, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	output = string(raw)
+	return
 }
 
 func build(tmp string, ka config.Artifact, ki config.KernelInfo,
@@ -51,11 +65,8 @@ func build(tmp string, ka config.Artifact, ki config.KernelInfo,
 
 	kernel := "/lib/modules/" + ki.KernelRelease + "/build"
 
-	seconds := fmt.Sprintf("%ds", dockerTimeout/time.Second)
-	cmd := dockerCommand(ki.ContainerName, tmpSourcePath, seconds,
-		"make KERNEL="+kernel+" TARGET="+target)
-	rawOutput, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	output = string(rawOutput)
+	output, err = dockerRun(dockerTimeout, ki.ContainerName,
+		tmpSourcePath, "make KERNEL="+kernel+" TARGET="+target)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = errors.New("make execution error")
 		return
diff --git a/pew_test.go b/pew_test.go
index d0653b0..d973820 100644
--- a/pew_test.go
+++ b/pew_test.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
-func TestDockerCommand(t *testing.T) {
+func TestDockerRun(t *testing.T) {
 	tmp, err := ioutil.TempDir("/tmp/", "out-of-tree_test_")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ func TestDockerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 
 	start := time.Now()
 
-	c := dockerCommand("ubuntu", tmp, "1s", "sleep 5s")
-	_, err = c.CombinedOutput()
+	timeout := time.Second
+
+	_, err = dockerRun(timeout, "ubuntu", tmp, "sleep 5s")
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("docker is not killed by timeout")
 	}
@@ -32,13 +33,12 @@ func TestDockerCommand(t *testing.T) {
 			time.Since(start), time.Second))
 	}
 
-	c = dockerCommand("ubuntu", tmp, "1m", "echo hello")
-	rawOutput, err := c.CombinedOutput()
+	output, err := dockerRun(time.Minute, "ubuntu", tmp, "echo hello")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	if !strings.Contains(string(rawOutput), "hello") {
-		t.Fatal("wrong output (" + string(rawOutput) + ")")
+	if !strings.Contains(output, "hello") {
+		t.Fatal("wrong output (" + output + ")")
 	}
 }