diff --git a/src/agent/rustjail/src/container.rs b/src/agent/rustjail/src/container.rs
index 5f321b28e8..f647dc7fdf 100644
--- a/src/agent/rustjail/src/container.rs
+++ b/src/agent/rustjail/src/container.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ use crate::pipestream::PipeStream;
 use crate::sync::{read_sync, write_count, write_sync, SYNC_DATA, SYNC_FAILED, SYNC_SUCCESS};
 use crate::sync_with_async::{read_async, write_async};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
-use tokio::io::{AsyncBufReadExt, AsyncReadExt, AsyncWriteExt};
+use tokio::io::AsyncBufReadExt;
 
 const STATE_FILENAME: &str = "state.json";
 const EXEC_FIFO_FILENAME: &str = "exec.fifo";
@@ -1513,8 +1513,10 @@ fn set_sysctls(sysctls: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+use std::io::Read;
 use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
 use std::process::Stdio;
+use std::sync::mpsc::{self, RecvTimeoutError};
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
@@ -1536,11 +1538,9 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
         let _ = unistd::close(wfd);
     });
 
-    let mut pipe_r = PipeStream::from_fd(rfd);
-    let mut pipe_w = PipeStream::from_fd(wfd);
-
     match unistd::fork()? {
         ForkResult::Parent { child } => {
+            let mut pipe_r = PipeStream::from_fd(rfd);
             let buf = read_async(&mut pipe_r).await?;
             let status = if buf.len() == 4 {
                 let buf_array: [u8; 4] = [buf[0], buf[1], buf[2], buf[3]];
@@ -1565,13 +1565,13 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
         }
 
         ForkResult::Child => {
-            let (mut tx, mut rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::channel(100);
-            let (tx_logger, rx_logger) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+            let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel();
+            let (tx_logger, rx_logger) = mpsc::channel();
 
             tx_logger.send(logger.clone()).unwrap();
 
-            let handle = tokio::spawn(async move {
-                let logger = rx_logger.await.unwrap();
+            let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
+                let logger = rx_logger.recv().unwrap();
 
                 // write oci state to child
                 let env: HashMap<String, String> = envs
@@ -1582,7 +1582,7 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                     })
                     .collect();
 
-                let mut child = tokio::process::Command::new(path.to_str().unwrap())
+                let mut child = std::process::Command::new(path.to_str().unwrap())
                     .args(args.iter())
                     .envs(env.iter())
                     .stdin(Stdio::piped())
@@ -1592,7 +1592,7 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                     .unwrap();
 
                 // send out our pid
-                tx.send(child.id() as libc::pid_t).await.unwrap();
+                tx.send(child.id() as libc::pid_t).unwrap();
                 info!(logger, "hook grand: {}", child.id());
 
                 child
@@ -1600,7 +1600,6 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                     .as_mut()
                     .unwrap()
                     .write_all(state.as_bytes())
-                    .await
                     .unwrap();
 
                 // read something from stdout for debug
@@ -1610,10 +1609,9 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                     .as_mut()
                     .unwrap()
                     .read_to_string(&mut out)
-                    .await
                     .unwrap();
                 info!(logger, "child stdout: {}", out.as_str());
-                match child.await {
+                match child.wait() {
                     Ok(exit) => {
                         let code: i32 = if exit.success() {
                             0
@@ -1624,7 +1622,7 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                             }
                         };
 
-                        tx.send(code).await.unwrap();
+                        tx.send(code).unwrap();
                     }
 
                     Err(e) => {
@@ -1644,33 +1642,29 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                         // -- FIXME
                         // just in case. Should not happen any more
 
-                        tx.send(0).await.unwrap();
+                        tx.send(0).unwrap();
                     }
                 }
             });
 
-            let pid = rx.recv().await.unwrap();
+            let pid = rx.recv().unwrap();
             info!(logger, "hook grand: {}", pid);
 
             let status = {
                 if let Some(timeout) = h.timeout {
-                    let timeout = tokio::time::delay_for(Duration::from_secs(timeout as u64));
-                    tokio::select! {
-                        v = rx.recv() => {
-                            match v {
-                                Some(s) => s,
-                                None =>  {
-                                    let _ = signal::kill(Pid::from_raw(pid), Some(Signal::SIGKILL));
-                                    -libc::EPIPE
-                                }
-                            }
-                        }
-                        _ = timeout => {
+                    match rx.recv_timeout(Duration::from_secs(timeout as u64)) {
+                        Ok(s) => s,
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            let error = if e == RecvTimeoutError::Timeout {
+                                -libc::ETIMEDOUT
+                            } else {
+                                -libc::EPIPE
+                            };
                             let _ = signal::kill(Pid::from_raw(pid), Some(Signal::SIGKILL));
-                            -libc::ETIMEDOUT
+                            error
                         }
                     }
-                } else if let Some(s) = rx.recv().await {
+                } else if let Ok(s) = rx.recv() {
                     s
                 } else {
                     let _ = signal::kill(Pid::from_raw(pid), Some(Signal::SIGKILL));
@@ -1678,13 +1672,12 @@ async fn execute_hook(logger: &Logger, h: &Hook, st: &OCIState) -> Result<()> {
                 }
             };
 
-            handle.await.unwrap();
-            let _ = write_async(
-                &mut pipe_w,
+            handle.join().unwrap();
+            let _ = write_sync(
+                wfd,
                 SYNC_DATA,
                 std::str::from_utf8(&status.to_be_bytes()).unwrap_or_default(),
-            )
-            .await;
+            );
             std::process::exit(0);
         }
     }