diff --git a/tests/run-make/static-pie/check_clang_version.sh b/tests/run-make/static-pie/check_clang_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index b8e97c3da7d7..000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/static-pie/check_clang_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if command -v clang > /dev/null
-then
-  CLANG_VERSION=$(echo __clang_major__ | clang -E -x c - | grep -v -e '^#' )
-  echo "clang version $CLANG_VERSION detected"
-  if (( $CLANG_VERSION >= 9 ))
-  then
-    echo "clang supports -static-pie"
-    exit 0
-  else
-    echo "clang too old to support -static-pie, skipping test"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-else
-  echo "No clang version detected"
-  exit 2
-fi
diff --git a/tests/run-make/static-pie/check_gcc_version.sh b/tests/run-make/static-pie/check_gcc_version.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d07e1d151dfb..000000000000
--- a/tests/run-make/static-pie/check_gcc_version.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-if command -v gcc > /dev/null
-then
-  GCC_VERSION=$(echo __GNUC__ | gcc -E -x c - | grep -v -e '^#' )
-  echo "gcc version $GCC_VERSION detected"
-  if (( $GCC_VERSION >= 8 ))
-  then
-    echo "gcc supports -static-pie"
-    exit 0
-  else
-    echo "gcc too old to support -static-pie, skipping test"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-else
-  echo "No gcc version detected"
-  exit 2
-fi
diff --git a/tests/run-make/static-pie/rmake.rs b/tests/run-make/static-pie/rmake.rs
index 8b1c74d8822b..62febc9e8454 100644
--- a/tests/run-make/static-pie/rmake.rs
+++ b/tests/run-make/static-pie/rmake.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,37 @@
 //@ only-linux
 //@ ignore-32bit
 
-use std::process::Command;
-
 use run_make_support::llvm_readobj;
 use run_make_support::rustc;
 use run_make_support::{cmd, target};
 
+// Minimum major versions supporting -static-pie
+const GCC_VERSION: u32 = 8;
+const CLANG_VERSION: u32 = 9;
+
+// Return `true` if the `compiler` version supports `-static-pie`.
 fn ok_compiler_version(compiler: &str) -> bool {
-    let check_file = format!("check_{compiler}_version.sh");
+    let version_threshold = match compiler {
+        "clang" => CLANG_VERSION,
+        "gcc" => GCC_VERSION,
+        other => panic!("unexpected compiler '{other}', expected 'clang' or 'gcc'"),
+    };
 
-    Command::new(check_file).status().is_ok_and(|status| status.success())
+    let process = cmd(compiler).arg("-dumpversion").run_unchecked();
+    if !process.status().success() {
+        eprintln!("No {compiler} version detected");
+        return false;
+    }
+    // 'major.minor.patch', 'major.minor', or 'major'
+    let version: u32 = process.stdout_utf8().split(".").next().unwrap().parse().unwrap();
+
+    if version >= version_threshold {
+        eprintln!("{compiler} supports -static-pie");
+        true
+    } else {
+        eprintln!("{compiler} too old to support -static-pie, skipping test");
+        false
+    }
 }
 
 fn test(compiler: &str) {