diff --git a/other/examples/remote/local/copy b/other/examples/remote/local/copy
index 475155da..644fee15 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/local/copy
+++ b/other/examples/remote/local/copy
@@ -24,5 +24,4 @@ src=$1; shift
 dst=$1; shift
 
 dst=$(echo $dst | sed "s/^${__target_host}://")
-
 cp "$recursive" "$src" "$dst"
diff --git a/other/examples/remote/local/exec b/other/examples/remote/local/exec
index ac658313..838513a9 100755
--- a/other/examples/remote/local/exec
+++ b/other/examples/remote/local/exec
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 # along with cdist. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 #
-# same as cdist default
-#
-# Usage:
-#  cdist config --remote-exec "/path/to/this/script" target_host
-#
 
 target_host=$1; shift
-# echo "Executing $@ (for $target_host)"
-/bin/sh -c "$@"
+echo "$@" | /bin/sh