diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
index 0ace797..fffad4d 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptapi.nim
@@ -81,20 +81,19 @@ template `--`*(key: untyped) =
 
 template printIfLen(varName) =
   if varName.len != 0:
-    iniOut &= astToStr(varName) & ": \"\"\"" & varName & "\"\"\"\n"
+    result &= astToStr(varName) & ": \"\"\"" & varName & "\"\"\"\n"
 
 template printSeqIfLen(varName) =
   if varName.len != 0:
-    iniOut &= astToStr(varName) & ": \"" & varName.join(", ") & "\"\n"
+    result &= astToStr(varName) & ": \"" & varName.join(", ") & "\"\n"
 
-proc printPkgInfo() =
+proc printPkgInfo(): string =
   if backend.len == 0:
     backend = "c"
 
-  var
-    iniOut = "[Package]\n"
+  result = "[Package]\n"
   if packageName.len != 0:
-    iniOut &= "name: \"" & packageName & "\"\n"
+    result &= "name: \"" & packageName & "\"\n"
   printIfLen version
   printIfLen author
   printIfLen description
@@ -114,14 +113,13 @@ proc printPkgInfo() =
   printSeqIfLen afterHooks
 
   if requiresData.len != 0:
-    iniOut &= "\n[Deps]\n"
-    iniOut &= &"requires: \"{requiresData.join(\", \")}\"\n"
-
-  echo iniOut
+    result &= "\n[Deps]\n"
+    result &= &"requires: \"{requiresData.join(\", \")}\"\n"
 
 proc onExit*() =
   if "printPkgInfo".normalize in commandLineParams:
-    printPkgInfo()
+    if outFile.len != 0:
+      writeFile(outFile, printPkgInfo())
   else:
     var
       output = ""
diff --git a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
index 39df926..10cfae8 100644
--- a/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
+++ b/src/nimblepkg/nimscriptwrapper.nim
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ const
   internalCmd = "e"
   nimscriptApi = staticRead("nimscriptapi.nim")
 
-proc execNimscript(nimsFile, projectDir, actionName: string, options: Options,
-  live = true): tuple[output: string, exitCode: int] =
+proc execNimscript(nimsFile, projectDir, actionName: string, options: Options):
+  tuple[output: string, exitCode: int] =
   let
     nimsFileCopied = projectDir / nimsFile.splitFile().name & "_" & getProcessId() & ".nims"
     outFile = getNimbleTempDir() & ".out"
@@ -46,13 +46,10 @@ proc execNimscript(nimsFile, projectDir, actionName: string, options: Options,
 
   displayDebug("Executing " & cmd)
 
-  if live:
-    result.exitCode = execCmd(cmd)
-    if outFile.fileExists():
-      result.output = outFile.readFile()
-      discard outFile.tryRemoveFile()
-  else:
-    result = execCmdEx(cmd, options = {poUsePath, poStdErrToStdOut})
+  result.exitCode = execCmd(cmd)
+  if outFile.fileExists():
+    result.output = outFile.readFile()
+    discard outFile.tryRemoveFile()
 
 proc getNimsFile(scriptName: string, options: Options): string =
   let
@@ -103,7 +100,7 @@ proc getIniFile*(scriptName: string, options: Options): string =
   if not isIniResultCached:
     let
       (output, exitCode) =
-        execNimscript(nimsFile, scriptName.parentDir(), "printPkgInfo", options, live=false)
+        execNimscript(nimsFile, scriptName.parentDir(), "printPkgInfo", options)
 
     if exitCode == 0 and output.len != 0:
       result.writeFile(output)