diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 39e2290..723e7e4 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -20,15 +20,6 @@ const ttyStream = new stream.Readable()
 // @ts-expect-error: TS doesn’t understand but that’s how Node streams work.
 ttyStream.isTTY = true
 
-/**
- * Exit, lazily, with the correct exit status code.
- *
- * @type {number | undefined}
- */
-let exitCode
-
-process.on('exit', onexit)
-
 // Handle uncaught errors, such as from unexpected async behaviour.
 process.on('uncaughtException', fail)
 
@@ -116,7 +107,7 @@ export function args(options) {
       clean()
       fail(error)
     } else {
-      if (typeof code === 'number') exitCode = code
+      if (typeof code === 'number') process.exitCode = code
 
       if (state.args.watch && !watcher && context) {
         subscribe(context)
@@ -166,13 +157,17 @@ export function args(options) {
    * Handle a SIGINT.
    */
   function onsigint() {
+    console.log('n1')
     // Hide the `^C` in terminal.
     process.stderr.write('\n', noop)
+    console.log('n2')
 
     clean()
 
+    console.log('n3')
     // Do another process if `output` specified regeneration.
     if (output === true) {
+      console.log('n4')
       state.engine.output = output
       state.args.watch = false
       engine(state.engine, done)
@@ -189,22 +184,10 @@ export function args(options) {
  *   Nothing.
  */
 function fail(error) {
-  exitCode = 1
+  process.exitCode = 1
   process.stderr.write(String(error.stack || error).trimEnd() + '\n', noop)
 }
 
-/**
- * Set `exitCode`.
- *
- * @returns {undefined}
- *   Nothing.
- */
-function onexit() {
-  // eslint-disable-next-line unicorn/no-process-exit
-  process.exit(exitCode)
-  // . process.exitCode = exitCode
-}
-
 /**
  * Do nothing.
  *