diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c7316d3..1591432 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ desktop = [
     "dep:freedesktop-desktop-entry",
     "dep:mime",
     "dep:shlex",
-    "dep:tokio",
     "dep:textdistance",
     "dep:zbus",
 ]
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ serde-keycode = ["iced_core/serde"]
 # Prevents multiple separate process instances.
 single-instance = ["dep:zbus", "ron"]
 # smol async runtime
-smol = ["iced/smol", "zbus?/async-io"]
+smol = ["dep:smol", "iced/smol", "zbus?/async-io"]
 tokio = [
     "dep:tokio",
     "ashpd?/tokio",
@@ -92,13 +91,14 @@ rfd = { version = "0.14.0", optional = true }
 rustix = { version = "0.38.34", features = ["pipe", "process"], optional = true }
 serde = { version = "1.0.180", features = ["derive"] }
 slotmap = "1.0.6"
+smol = { version = "2.0.0", optional = true }
 textdistance = { version = "1.0.2", optional = true }
 thiserror = "1.0.44"
 tokio = { version = "1.24.2", optional = true }
 tracing = "0.1"
 unicode-segmentation = "1.6"
 url = "2.4.0"
-zbus = { version = "4.2.1", default-features = false, features = ["tokio"], optional = true }
+zbus = { version = "4.2.1", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(unix)'.dependencies]
 freedesktop-icons = "0.2.5"
diff --git a/src/process.rs b/src/process.rs
index 155cb1d..e6a5c09 100644
--- a/src/process.rs
+++ b/src/process.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
+#[cfg(all(feature = "smol", not(feature = "tokio")))]
+use smol::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io;
+use std::os::fd::OwnedFd;
 use std::process::{exit, Command, Stdio};
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
 use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
+async fn read_from_pipe(read: OwnedFd) -> Option<u32> {
+    let mut read = tokio::net::unix::pipe::Receiver::from_owned_fd(read).unwrap();
+    read.read_u32().await.ok()
+}
+
+#[cfg(all(feature = "smol", not(feature = "tokio")))]
+async fn read_from_pipe(read: OwnedFd) -> Option<u32> {
+    let mut read = smol::Async::new(std::fs::File::from(read)).unwrap();
+    let mut bytes = [0; 4];
+    read.read_exact(&mut bytes).await.ok()?;
+    Some(u32::from_be_bytes(bytes))
+}
+
 /// Performs a double fork with setsid to spawn and detach a command.
 pub async fn spawn(mut command: Command) -> Option<u32> {
     command
@@ -17,10 +35,9 @@ pub async fn spawn(mut command: Command) -> Option<u32> {
     match unsafe { libc::fork() } {
         // Parent process
         1.. => {
+            // Drop copy of write end, then read PID from pipe
             drop(write);
-            // Read PID from pipe
-            let mut read = tokio::net::unix::pipe::Receiver::from_owned_fd(read).unwrap();
-            read.read_u32().await.ok()
+            read_from_pipe(read).await
         }
 
         // Child process