diff --git a/composer.inc.php b/composer.inc.php
index 043d995..54f8e15 100644
--- a/composer.inc.php
+++ b/composer.inc.php
@@ -192,35 +192,16 @@ function composer_try_update_lock_entry($package, $rev, $new_tag)
 function composer_run(array $args)
 {
   global $GAME_ROOT;
-
-  $composer_dir = $GAME_ROOT . '/composer/';
-
-  $files = glob($composer_dir . '/composer-*.phar');
-  $PHAR = basename($files[0]);
-
-  $cmd = "cd $composer_dir && "; 
-  if(PHP_OS_FAMILY === 'Darwin')
-  {
-    $cmd .= "DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH='" . getenv("DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH") .  "' " .
-            "PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR='" . getenv("PHP_INI_SCAN_DIR") . "' "; 
-    $cmd .= PHP_BINARY . " -c '". getenv("PHP_INI") . "' ";
-    $ext_dir = realpath(ini_get('extension_dir'));
-    $cmd .= " -d extension_dir='$ext_dir' ";
-  }
-  else
-    $cmd .= PHP_BINARY . ' ';
-
-  $cmd .= "$PHAR " . implode(' ', $args);
-
-  shell($cmd);
+  putenv('COMPOSER_RUN='.implode(' ', $args));
+  include("$GAME_ROOT/composer/update.php");
 }
 
 //NOTE: keeping this function for BC
 function composer_update($update = false)
 {
   if($update)
-    composer_run(['update --no-dev']);
+    composer_run(['update']);
   else
-    composer_run(['install --no-dev']);
+    composer_run(['install']);
 }