diff --git a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py
index 4beab0fe5a1..53f6a563192 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/tests/test_util.py
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ def __init__(self, args, bufsize=0, executable=None,
             self.stdout = StringIO(exes[self.cmd])
             self.stderr = StringIO()
 
+    def communicate(self, input=None, timeout=None):
+        return self.stdout.read(), self.stderr.read()
+
 
 class UtilTestCase(support.EnvironRestorer,
                    support.TempdirManager,
diff --git a/Lib/packaging/util.py b/Lib/packaging/util.py
index 71ce819af01..bf31c31be62 100644
--- a/Lib/packaging/util.py
+++ b/Lib/packaging/util.py
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ def _find_exe_version(cmd, pattern=_RE_VERSION):
         return None
     pipe = Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE)
     try:
-        stdout, stderr = pipe.stdout.read(), pipe.stderr.read()
+        stdout, stderr = pipe.communicate()
     finally:
         pipe.stdout.close()
         pipe.stderr.close()