diff --git a/internal/execext/exec.go b/internal/execext/exec.go
index cfdb578c..5b84cb91 100644
--- a/internal/execext/exec.go
+++ b/internal/execext/exec.go
@@ -55,7 +55,16 @@ func RunCommand(ctx context.Context, opts *RunCommandOptions) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return r.Run(ctx, p)
+
+	// We used to pass to interp.Runner a context that was cancelled on reception of a
+	// OS signal. This caused the Runner to terminate the subprocess abruptly.
+	// The correct behavior instead is for us to completely ignore the signal and let
+	// the subprocess deal with it. If the subprocess doesn't handle the signal, it will
+	// be terminated. If the subprocess does handle the signal, it knows better than us
+	// wether it wants to cleanup and terminate or do something different.
+	// See https://github.com/go-task/task/issues/458 for details.
+	// So now we pass an empty context just to make the API of interp.Runner happy
+	return r.Run(context.Background(), p)
 }
 
 // IsExitError returns true the given error is an exis status error