diff --git a/tests/exit.expect b/tests/exit.expect
deleted file mode 100644
index 165798793..000000000
--- a/tests/exit.expect
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-# vim: set filetype=expect:
-#
-# Test handling of the `exit` command.
-set pid [spawn $fish]
-expect_prompt
-
-# Verify that if we attempt to exit with a job in the background we get warned
-# about that job and are told to type `exit` a second time.
-send "sleep 111 &\r"
-expect_prompt
-send "exit\r"
-expect -re "There are still jobs active:\r
-\r
-   PID  Command\r
- *\\d+  sleep 111 &\r
-\r
-A second attempt to exit will terminate them.\r
-Use 'disown PID' to remove jobs from the list without terminating them.\r"
-expect_prompt
-
-# Running anything other than `exit` should result in the same warning with
-# the shell still running.
-send "sleep 113 &\r"
-expect_prompt
-send "exit\r"
-expect -re "There are still jobs active:\r
-\r
-   PID  Command\r
- *\\d+  sleep 113 &\r
- *\\d+  sleep 111 &\r
-\r
-A second attempt to exit will terminate them.\r
-Use 'disown PID' to remove jobs from the list without terminating them.\r"
-expect_prompt
-
-# Verify that asking to exit a second time does so.
-send "exit\r"
-catch {expect default exp_continue} output
-wait
-
-# Verify all child processes have been killed. We don't use `-p $fish_pid` because
-# if the shell has a bug the child processes might have been reparented to pid
-# 1 rather than killed.
-set status [catch {exec pgrep -l -f "sleep 11"} output]
-if {$status == 0} {
-    puts stderr "Commands spawned by the shell still running after `exit`"
-    puts stderr $output
-}
diff --git a/tests/exit.expect.err b/tests/exit.expect.err
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/tests/exit.expect.out b/tests/exit.expect.out
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index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/tests/pexpects/exit.py b/tests/pexpects/exit.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d4f996fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pexpects/exit.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+from pexpect_helper import SpawnedProc
+import subprocess
+import sys
+
+sp = SpawnedProc()
+send, sendline, sleep, expect_prompt, expect_re = sp.send, sp.sendline, sp.sleep, sp.expect_prompt, sp.expect_re
+expect_prompt()
+
+# Verify that if we attempt to exit with a job in the background we get warned
+# about that job and are told to type `exit` a second time.
+send("sleep 111 &\r")
+expect_prompt()
+send("exit\r")
+expect_re("""There are still jobs active:\r
+\r
+   PID  Command\r
+ *\\d+  sleep 111 &\r
+\r
+A second attempt to exit will terminate them.\r
+Use 'disown PID' to remove jobs from the list without terminating them.\r""")
+expect_prompt()
+
+# Running anything other than `exit` should result in the same warning with
+# the shell still running.
+send("sleep 113 &\r")
+expect_prompt()
+send("exit\r")
+expect_re("""There are still jobs active:\r
+\r
+   PID  Command\r
+ *\\d+  sleep 113 &\r
+ *\\d+  sleep 111 &\r
+\r
+A second attempt to exit will terminate them.\r
+Use 'disown PID' to remove jobs from the list without terminating them.\r""")
+expect_prompt()
+
+# Verify that asking to exit a second time does so.
+send("exit\r")
+
+proc = subprocess.run(["pgrep", "-l", "-f", "sleep 11"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+if proc.returncode == 0:
+    print("Commands still running")
+    print(proc.stdout)
+    sys.exit(1)