diff --git a/miscutils/timeout.c b/miscutils/timeout.c
index 6a0a9a6e6..65a8ceadf 100644
--- a/miscutils/timeout.c
+++ b/miscutils/timeout.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
 	/* -t SECONDS; -p PARENT_PID */
 	opt_complementary = "t+" USE_FOR_NOMMU(":p+");
-	getopt32(argv, "s:t" USE_FOR_NOMMU(":p:"), &opt_s, &timeout, &parent);
+	/* '+': stop at first non-option */
+	getopt32(argv, "+s:t" USE_FOR_NOMMU(":p:"), &opt_s, &timeout, &parent);
 	/*argv += optind; - no, wait for bb_daemonize_or_rexec! */
 	signo = get_signum(opt_s);
 	if (signo < 0)
@@ -66,127 +67,13 @@ int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 	if (!argv[optind]) /* no PROG? */
 		bb_show_usage();
 
-	pid = vfork();
-	if (pid < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
-#if !BB_MMU
-	sv1 = argv[optind];
-	sv2 = argv[optind + 1];
-#endif
-	if (pid == 0) {
-		/* Child: spawn grandchild and exit */
-		parent = getppid();
-#if !BB_MMU
-		argv[optind] = xasprintf("-p%u", parent);
-		argv[optind + 1] = NULL;
-#endif
-		/* NB: exits with nonzero on error: */
-		bb_daemonize_or_rexec(0, argv);
-		/* Here we are grandchild. Sleep, then kill grandparent */
- grandchild:
-		/* Just sleep(NUGE_NUM); kill(parent) may kill wrong process! */
-		while (1) {
-			sleep(1);
-			if (--timeout <= 0)
-				break;
-			if (kill(parent, 0)) {
-				/* process is gone */
-				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-			}
-		}
-		kill(parent, signo);
-		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
-	}
-
-	/* Parent */
-	wait(&status); /* wait for child to die */
-	/* Did intermediate [v]fork or exec fail? */
-	if (!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status) != 0)
-		return EXIT_FAILURE;
-	/* Ok, exec a program as requested */
-	argv += optind;
-#if !BB_MMU
-	argv[0] = sv1;
-	argv[1] = sv2;
-#endif
-	BB_EXECVP(argv[0], argv);
-	bb_perror_msg_and_die("exec '%s'", argv[0]);
-}
-/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- * COPYING NOTES
- *
- * timeout.c -- a timeout handler for shell commands
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2005-6, Roberto A. Foglietta <me@roberto.foglietta.name>
- *
- *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- *   the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License.
- *
- *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- *   GNU General Public License for more details.
- *
- *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- */
-/* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
- * REVISION NOTES:
- * released 17-11-2005 by Roberto A. Foglietta
- * talarm   04-12-2005 by Roberto A. Foglietta
- * modified 05-12-2005 by Roberto A. Foglietta
- * sizerdct 06-12-2005 by Roberto A. Foglietta
- * splitszf 12-05-2006 by Roberto A. Foglietta
- * rewrite  14-11-2008 vda
- */
-
-#include "libbb.h"
-
-int timeout_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
-int timeout_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
-{
-	int signo;
-	int status;
-	int parent = 0;
-	int timeout = 10;
-	pid_t pid;
-#if !BB_MMU
-	char *sv1, *sv2;
-#endif
-	const char *opt_s = "TERM";
-
-	/* -p option is not documented, it is needed to support NOMMU. */
-
-	/* -t SECONDS; -p PARENT_PID */
-	opt_complementary = "t+" USE_FOR_NOMMU(":p+");
-	getopt32(argv, "s:t" USE_FOR_NOMMU(":p:"), &opt_s, &timeout, &parent);
-	/*argv += optind; - no, wait for bb_daemonize_or_rexec! */
-	signo = get_signum(opt_s);
-	if (signo < 0)
-		bb_error_msg_and_die("unknown signal '%s'", opt_s);
-
-	/* We want to create a grandchild which will watch
-	 * and kill the grandparent. Other methods:
-	 * making parent watch child disrupts parent<->child link
-	 * (example: "tcpsvd 0.0.0.0 1234 timeout service_prog" -
-	 * it's better if service_prog is a child of tcpsvd!),
-	 * making child watch parent results in programs having
-	 * unexpected children. */
-
-	if (parent) /* we were re-execed, already grandchild */
-		goto grandchild;
-	if (!argv[optind]) /* no PROG? */
-		bb_show_usage();
-
-	pid = vfork();
-	if (pid < 0)
-		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
 #if !BB_MMU
 	sv1 = argv[optind];
 	sv2 = argv[optind + 1];
 #endif
+	pid = vfork();
+	if (pid < 0)
+		bb_perror_msg_and_die("vfork");
 	if (pid == 0) {
 		/* Child: spawn grandchild and exit */
 		parent = getppid();