src/share/classes/java/lang/ProcessBuilder.java

@@ -1009,28 +1009,14 @@
             if (arg == null)
                 throw new NullPointerException();
         // Throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if command is empty
         String prog = cmdarray[0];
 
-        SecurityManager security = System.getSecurityManager();
-        if (security != null)
-            security.checkExec(prog);
-
         String dir = directory == null ? null : directory.toString();
 
-        try {
             return ProcessImpl.start(cmdarray,
                                      environment,
                                      dir,
                                      redirects,
                                      redirectErrorStream);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-            // It's much easier for us to create a high-quality error
-            // message than the low-level C code which found the problem.
-            throw new IOException(
-                "Cannot run program \"" + prog + "\""
-                + (dir == null ? "" : " (in directory \"" + dir + "\")")
-                + ": " + e.getMessage(),
-                e);
         }
-    }
 }