diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60808b2..db09e19 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- \(PE-31689\) remove unnecessary fork in run_task endpoint
+
 All significant changes to this repo will be summarized in this file.
 
 ## [v1.2.4](https://github.com/puppetlabs/ace/tree/v1.2.4) (2021-04-28)
diff --git a/lib/ace/transport_app.rb b/lib/ace/transport_app.rb
index d65d1a4..523c6cd 100644
--- a/lib/ace/transport_app.rb
+++ b/lib/ace/transport_app.rb
@@ -251,11 +251,9 @@ def self.trusted_facts(certname)
 
         parameters = body['parameters'] || {}
 
-        result = ForkUtil.isolate do
-          # Since this will only be on one node we can just return the first result
-          results = @executor.run_task(target, task, parameters)
-          scrub_stack_trace(results.first.to_data)
-        end
+        # Since this will only be on one node we can just return the first result
+        results = @executor.run_task(target, task, parameters)
+        result = scrub_stack_trace(results.first.to_data)
         [200, result.to_json]
       rescue Exception => e # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueException
         # handle all the things and make it obvious what happened