diff --git a/Lib/platform.py b/Lib/platform.py
index b9bc303..5134995 100755
--- a/Lib/platform.py
+++ b/Lib/platform.py
@@ -415,34 +415,7 @@ def popen(cmd, mode='r', bufsize=None):
 
     """ Portable popen() interface.
     """
-    # Find a working popen implementation preferring win32pipe.popen
-    # over os.popen over _popen
-    popen = None
-    if os.environ.get('OS','') == 'Windows_NT':
-        # On NT win32pipe should work; on Win9x it hangs due to bugs
-        # in the MS C lib (see MS KnowledgeBase article Q150956)
-        try:
-            import win32pipe
-        except ImportError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            popen = win32pipe.popen
-    if popen is None:
-        if hasattr(os,'popen'):
-            popen = os.popen
-            # Check whether it works... it doesn't in GUI programs
-            # on Windows platforms
-            if sys.platform == 'win32': # XXX Others too ?
-                try:
-                    popen('')
-                except os.error:
-                    popen = _popen
-        else:
-            popen = _popen
-    if bufsize is None:
-        return popen(cmd,mode)
-    else:
-        return popen(cmd,mode,bufsize)
+    return os.popen(cmd, mode, bufsize)
 
 def _norm_version(version, build=''):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_platform.py b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
index 7dd7eef..1ab0d9c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_platform.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_platform.py
@@ -243,6 +243,25 @@ class PlatformTest(unittest.TestCase):
             ):
             self.assertEqual(platform._parse_release_file(input), output)
 
+    def test_popen(self):
+        command = "'{}' -c  'print(\"Hello\")'".format(sys.executable)
+        with platform.popen(command) as stdout:
+            hello = stdout.read().strip()
+            stdout.close()
+            self.assertEqual(hello, "Hello")
+
+        command = "'{}' -c  'import sys; data=sys.stdin.read(); exit(len(data))'".format(sys.executable)
+        data = 'plop'
+        with platform.popen(command, 'w') as stdin:
+            stdout = stdin.write(data)
+            ret = stdin.close()
+            self.assertIsNotNone(ret)
+            if os.name == 'nt':
+                returncode = ret
+            else:
+                returncode = ret >> 8
+            self.assertEqual(returncode, len(data))
+
 
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(