1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py
index 5d8204460..ccb79249e 100644
--- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py
+++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Utils.py
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@ else. """
 import os
 import re
 import sys
-import shlex
 import fcntl
 import select
 import logging
-import threading
 import subprocess
+import threading
 from Bcfg2.Compat import input, any  # pylint: disable=W0622
 
 
@@ -219,7 +218,6 @@ class Executor(object):
         """
         if isinstance(command, str):
             cmdstr = command
-            command = shlex.split(cmdstr)
         else:
             cmdstr = " ".join(command)
         self.logger.debug("Running: %s" % cmdstr)
@@ -241,9 +239,9 @@ class Executor(object):
 
             # py3k fixes
             if not isinstance(stdout, str):
-                stdout = stdout.decode('utf-8')
+                stdout = stdout.decode('utf-8')  # pylint: disable=E1103
             if not isinstance(stderr, str):
-                stderr = stderr.decode('utf-8')
+                stderr = stderr.decode('utf-8')  # pylint: disable=E1103
 
             for line in stdout.splitlines():  # pylint: disable=E1103
                 self.logger.debug('< %s' % line)