diff --git a/bin/cdist-config b/bin/cdist-config
index e0a40505..445c5b32 100755
--- a/bin/cdist-config
+++ b/bin/cdist-config
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ __cdist_object_source()
 
 __cdist_exec_fail_on_error()
 {
-   sh -e -c "$1"
+   sh -e "$1"
 }