diff --git a/process b/process
index f277204a..14e1259b 160000
--- a/process
+++ b/process
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f277204a46e0c09440968b6ee88b641bf0c1e58e
+Subproject commit 14e1259bb7caff3882921d6f6c71e6f08739113f
diff --git a/src/babashka/deps.clj b/src/babashka/deps.clj
index 328dd1c7..d37218f2 100644
--- a/src/babashka/deps.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/deps.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 (ns babashka.deps
-  (:require
-   [babashka.impl.process :as pp]
-   [babashka.process :as p]
-   [borkdude.deps :as deps]
-   [sci.core :as sci]))
+  (:require [babashka.impl.process :as pp]
+            [babashka.process :as p]
+            [borkdude.deps :as deps]
+            [sci.core :as sci]))
 
 (defn clojure
   "Starts clojure similar to CLI. Use `rlwrap bb` for `clj`-like invocation.
@@ -28,27 +27,25 @@
 
   (-> @(clojure) :exit) starts a clojure REPL, waits for it
   to finish and returns the exit code from the process."
-  [& args]
-  (let [{:keys [cmd opts prev]} (p/parse-args args)
-        opts (merge {:in  :inherit
-                     :out :inherit
-                     :err :inherit
-                     :shutdown p/destroy-tree}
-                    opts)]
-    (binding [*in* @sci/in
-              *out* @sci/out
-              *err* @sci/err
-              deps/*dir* (:dir opts)
-              deps/*env* (:env opts)
-              deps/*extra-env* (:extra-env opts)
-              deps/*process-fn* (fn
-                                  ([cmd]
-                                   (pp/process* {:cmd cmd :opts opts :prev prev}))
-                                  ([cmd _]
-                                   (pp/process* {:cmd cmd :opts opts :prev prev})))
-              deps/*exit-fn* (fn
-                               ([_])
-                               ([_exit-code msg]
-                                (throw (Exception. msg))))]
-      ;; (.println System/err (str :args (str/join " " (map str args))))
-      (apply deps/-main (map str cmd)))))
+  ([] (clojure []))
+  ([args] (clojure args nil))
+  ([args opts]
+   (let [opts (merge {:in  :inherit
+                      :out :inherit
+                      :err :inherit
+                      :shutdown p/destroy-tree}
+                     opts)]
+     (binding [*in* @sci/in
+               *out* @sci/out
+               *err* @sci/err
+               deps/*dir* (:dir opts)
+               deps/*env* (:env opts)
+               deps/*extra-env* (:extra-env opts)
+               deps/*process-fn* (fn
+                                   ([cmd] (pp/process cmd opts))
+                                   ([cmd _] (pp/process cmd opts)))
+               deps/*exit-fn* (fn
+                                ([_])
+                                ([_exit-code msg]
+                                 (throw (Exception. msg))))]
+       (apply deps/-main (map str args))))))
diff --git a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
index f4f1ad6b..f2775b8f 100644
--- a/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
+++ b/src/babashka/impl/tasks.clj
@@ -59,37 +59,13 @@
    :err :inherit
    :shutdown p/destroy-tree})
 
-(defn shell [cmd & args]
-  (let [[prev cmd args]
-        (if (and (map? cmd)
-                 (:proc cmd))
-          [cmd (first args) (rest args)]
-          [nil cmd args])
-        [opts cmd args]
-        (if (map? cmd)
-          [cmd (first args) (rest args)]
-          [nil cmd args])
-        opts (if-let [o (:out opts)]
-               (if (string? o)
-                 (update opts :out io/file)
-                 opts)
-               opts)
-        opts (if-let [o (:err opts)]
-               (if (string? o)
-                 (update opts :err io/file)
-                 opts)
-               opts)
-        opts (if prev
-               (assoc opts :in nil)
-               opts)
-        cmd (if (.exists (io/file cmd))
-              [cmd]
-              (p/tokenize cmd))
-        cmd (into cmd args)
-        local-log-level (:log-level opts)]
+(defn shell [& args]
+  (let [{:keys [prev cmd opts]} (p/parse-args args)
+        local-log-level (:log-level opts)
+        opts (merge default-opts opts)]
     (sci/binding [log-level (or local-log-level @log-level)]
-      (apply log-info cmd)
-      (handle-non-zero (pp/process prev cmd (merge default-opts opts)) opts))))
+      (apply log-info args)
+      (handle-non-zero (pp/process* {:opts opts :cmd cmd :prev prev}) opts))))
 
 (defn clojure [cmd & args]
   (let [[opts cmd args]
diff --git a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
index 3b86ff50..d3edade2 100644
--- a/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
+++ b/test/babashka/deps_test.clj
@@ -67,14 +67,6 @@ true
     (p/check)
     :out)
 "))))
-  (testing "new syntax"
-    (is (= "6\n" (test-utils/normalize (bb "
-(require '[babashka.deps :as deps])
-(require '[babashka.process :as p])
-(-> (babashka.deps/clojure {:out :string} \"-M\" \"-e\" \"(+ 1 2 3)\")
-    (p/check)
-    :out)
-")))))
   (when-not test-utils/native?
     (is (thrown-with-msg? Exception #"Option changed" (bb "
 (require '[babashka.deps :as deps])