diff --git a/spec/ffi/callback_spec.rb b/spec/ffi/callback_spec.rb
index 308b88ad7..9d66e2aa7 100644
--- a/spec/ffi/callback_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ffi/callback_spec.rb
@@ -862,6 +862,8 @@ def assert_callback_in_same_thread_called_once
           raise "external process failed:\n#{ File.read("embed-test.log") }"
         end
       end
+
+      expect(File.read("embed-test.log")).to match(/callback called with \["hello", 5, 0\]/)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/ffi/embed-test/embed-test.rb b/spec/ffi/embed-test/embed-test.rb
index d701b8cae..058e6cae3 100755
--- a/spec/ffi/embed-test/embed-test.rb
+++ b/spec/ffi/embed-test/embed-test.rb
@@ -28,5 +28,23 @@
 
 Dir.chdir(old)
 
+puts "load #{EXT}"
 require EXT
+
+require 'ffi'
+module LibWrap
+  extend FFI::Library
+  ffi_lib EXT
+  callback :completion_function, [:string, :long, :uint8], :void
+  attach_function :do_work, [:pointer, :completion_function], :int
+  Callback = Proc.new do |buf_ptr, count, code|
+    puts "callback called with #{[buf_ptr, count, code].inspect}"
+    nil
+  end
+end
+
+puts "call do_work()"
+LibWrap.do_work("test", LibWrap::Callback)
+
+puts "call testfunc()"
 EmbedTest::testfunc
diff --git a/spec/ffi/embed-test/ext/embed.c b/spec/ffi/embed-test/ext/embed.c
index 05f1d4d1d..11023f965 100644
--- a/spec/ffi/embed-test/ext/embed.c
+++ b/spec/ffi/embed-test/ext/embed.c
@@ -29,21 +29,6 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <ruby.h>
 
-const char script[] =
-"require 'rubygems'\n"
-"require 'ffi'\n"
-"module LibWrap\n"
-"  extend FFI::Library\n"
-"  ffi_lib FFI::CURRENT_PROCESS\n"
-"  callback :completion_function, [:string, :long, :uint8], :void\n"
-"  attach_function :do_work, [:pointer, :completion_function], :int\n"
-"  Callback = Proc.new do |buf_ptr, count, code|\n"
-"    nil\n"
-"  end\n"
-"end\n"
-"\n"
-"LibWrap.do_work(\"test\", LibWrap::Callback)\n";
-
 typedef void completion_function(const char *buffer, long count, unsigned char code);
 
 static completion_function *ruby_func;
@@ -53,7 +38,6 @@ static completion_function *ruby_func;
 #endif
 int do_work(const char *buffer, completion_function *fn)
 {
-  /* Calling fn directly here works */
   ruby_func = fn;
   return 0;
 }
@@ -68,25 +52,7 @@ void Init_embed_test(void)
 
 static VALUE testfunc(VALUE self)
 {
-  int state = 0;
-  VALUE ret;
-
-  rb_eval_string_protect(script, &state);
-
-  if (state)
-  {
-    VALUE e = rb_errinfo();
-    ret = rb_funcall(e, rb_intern("message"), 0);
-    fprintf(stderr, "exc %s\n", StringValueCStr(ret));
-    rb_set_errinfo(Qnil);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    /* Calling fn here hangs, because ffi expects an initial ruby stack
-     * frame. Spawn a thread to kill the process, otherwise the deadlock
-     * would prevent completing the test. */
-    ruby_func("hello", 5, 0);
-  }
+  printf("testfunc() called\n");
+  ruby_func("hello", 5, 0);
   return Qnil;
 }