diff --git a/src/WorkerUtilities.jl b/src/WorkerUtilities.jl
index fa1998a..4fea2b1 100644
--- a/src/WorkerUtilities.jl
+++ b/src/WorkerUtilities.jl
@@ -355,40 +355,12 @@ end
     return
 end
 
-# mostly copied from Base definitions in task.jl and threadingconstructs.jl
-# but adapted to wrap interpolated mutable arguments in WeakRef
-function _lift_one_interp!(e)
-    letargs = Any[]  # store the new gensymed arguments
-    unwrapargs = Any[]
-    _lift_one_interp_helper(e, false, letargs, unwrapargs) # Start out _not_ in a quote context (false)
-    letargs, unwrapargs
-end
-_lift_one_interp_helper(v, _, _, _) = v
-function _lift_one_interp_helper(expr::Expr, in_quote_context, letargs, unwrapargs)
-    if expr.head === :$
-        if in_quote_context  # This $ is simply interpolating out of the quote
-            # Now, we're out of the quote, so any _further_ $ is ours.
-            in_quote_context = false
-        else
-            letarg = gensym()
-            newarg = gensym()
-            push!(letargs, :($(esc(letarg)) = ismutable($(esc(expr.args[1]))) ? WeakRef($(esc(expr.args[1]))) : $(esc(expr.args[1]))))
-            push!(unwrapargs, :($newarg = $unwrap($letarg)))
-            return newarg  # Don't recurse into the lifted $() exprs
-        end
-    elseif expr.head === :quote
-        in_quote_context = true   # Don't try to lift $ directly out of quotes
-    elseif expr.head === :macrocall
-        return expr  # Don't recur into macro calls, since some other macros use $
-    end
-    for (i,e) in enumerate(expr.args)
-        expr.args[i] = _lift_one_interp_helper(e, in_quote_context, letargs, unwrapargs)
-    end
-    expr
+function clear_current_task()
+    current_task().storage = nothing
+    current_task().code = nothing
+    return
 end
 
-unwrap(@nospecialize(val)) = val isa WeakRef ? val.value : val
-
 """
     @wkspawn [:default|:interactive] expr
 
@@ -407,48 +379,18 @@ references to these arguments won't prevent them from being garbage collected
 once the `Task` has finished running.
 """
 macro wkspawn(args...)
-    tpid = Int8(0)
-    na = length(args)
-    if na == 2
-        ttype, ex = args
-        if ttype isa QuoteNode
-            ttype = ttype.value
-        elseif ttype isa Symbol
-            # TODO: allow unquoted symbols
-            ttype = nothing
-        end
-        if ttype === :interactive
-            tpid = Int8(1)
-        elseif ttype !== :default
-            throw(ArgumentError("unsupported threadpool in @spawn: $ttype"))
-        end
-    elseif na == 1
-        ex = args[1]
-    else
-        throw(ArgumentError("wrong number of arguments in @spawn"))
-    end
-
-    letargs, unwrapargs = _lift_one_interp!(ex)
-    _ex = quote
-        $(unwrapargs...)
-        $ex
-    end
-    thunk = esc(:(()->($_ex)))
-    var = esc(Base.sync_varname)
-    quote
-        let $(letargs...)
-            local task = Task($thunk)
-            task.sticky = false
-            @static if isdefined(Base.Threads, :maxthreadid)
-                ccall(:jl_set_task_threadpoolid, Cint, (Any, Int8), task, $tpid)
-            end
-            if $(Expr(:islocal, var))
-                put!($var, task)
-            end
-            schedule(task)
-            task
-        end
+    e = args[end]
+    expr = quote
+        ret = $e
+        $(clear_current_task)()
+        ret
     end
+@static if isdefined(Base.Threads, :maxthreadid)
+    q = esc(:(Threads.@spawn $(args[1:end-1]...) $expr))
+else
+    q = esc(:(Threads.@spawn $expr))
+end
+    return q
 end
 
 end # module
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 925a378..d1d5b0a 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -208,46 +208,48 @@ using Test, WorkerUtilities
         @test !islocked(rw)
     end
 
-end # @testset "WorkerUtilities"
-
-# running these in a @testset doesn't work for some reason??
-# @testset "@wkspawn" begin
-# basics
-@test fetch(@wkspawn(1 + 1)) == 2
-
-if isdefined(Base.Threads, :maxthreadid)
-    # interactive threadpool
-    @test fetch(@wkspawn(:interactive, 1 + 1)) == 2
 end
 
-# show incorrect behavior
-ref = Ref(10)
-ansref = Ref(0)
-wkref = WeakRef(ref)
-t = let ref=ref
-    Threads.@spawn begin
-        ansref[] = $ref[]
-    end
-end
-wait(t)
-@test ansref[] == 10
-t = nothing; ref = nothing; GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true)
-# there should be no program references to ref, and 3 GC calls
-# should have collected it, but it's still alive
-@test wkref.value.x == 10
-
-# and now with @wkspawn
-ref = Ref(10)
-ansref = Ref(0)
-wkref = WeakRef(ref)
-t = let ref=ref
-    @wkspawn begin
-        ansref[] = $ref[]
-    end
-end
-wait(t)
-@test ansref[] == 10
-t = nothing; ref = nothing; GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true)
-@show wkref
-# correctly GCed
-@test wkref.value === nothing
\ No newline at end of file
+    # @testset "@wkspawn" begin
+        # basics
+        @test fetch(@wkspawn(1 + 1)) == 2
+        
+        if isdefined(Base.Threads, :maxthreadid)
+            # interactive threadpool
+            @test fetch(@wkspawn(:interactive, 1 + 1)) == 2
+        end
+        
+        # show incorrect behavior
+        ref = Ref(10)
+        ansref = Ref(0)
+        wkref = WeakRef(ref)
+        t = let ref=ref
+            Threads.@spawn begin
+                ansref[] = $ref[]
+            end
+        end
+        wait(t)
+        @test ansref[] == 10
+        t = nothing; ref = nothing; GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true)
+        # there should be no program references to ref, and 3 GC calls
+        # should have collected it, but it's still alive
+        @test wkref.value.x == 10
+        
+        # and now with @wkspawn
+        ref = Ref(10)
+        ansref = Ref(0)
+        wkref = WeakRef(ref)
+        t = let ref=ref
+            @wkspawn begin
+                ansref[] = $ref[]
+            end
+        end
+        wait(t)
+        @test ansref[] == 10
+        t = nothing; ref = nothing; GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true); GC.gc(true)
+        @show wkref
+        # correctly GCed
+        @test wkref.value === nothing
+#     end
+
+# end # @testset "WorkerUtilities"