diff --git a/fs.js b/fs.js
index 64ad980..7e4db24 100644
--- a/fs.js
+++ b/fs.js
@@ -1,11 +1 @@
-// eeeeeevvvvviiiiiiillllll
-// more evil than monkey-patching the native builtin?
-// Not sure.
-
-var mod = require("module")
-var pre = '(function (exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname) { '
-var post = '});'
-var src = pre + process.binding('natives').fs + post
-var vm = require('vm')
-var fn = vm.runInThisContext(src)
-fn(exports, require, module, __filename, __dirname)
+module.exports = Object.create(require('fs'))
diff --git a/graceful-fs.js b/graceful-fs.js
index fb206b8..9f0e899 100644
--- a/graceful-fs.js
+++ b/graceful-fs.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-// Monkey-patching the fs module.
-// It's ugly, but there is simply no other way to do this.
 var fs = module.exports = require('./fs.js')
 
 var assert = require('assert')
diff --git a/test/module-evil-hackery.js b/test/module-evil-hackery.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ce63666
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/module-evil-hackery.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+var test = require('tap').test
+var realfs = require('fs')
+var fs = require('../')
+
+test('module assignment should not leak', function (t) {
+    t.plan(1)
+
+    fs.abc = 3
+    t.equal(realfs.abc, undefined)
+})