diff --git a/cmd/runmqdevserver/main.go b/cmd/runmqdevserver/main.go
index 0007b56..1cf6763 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqdevserver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqdevserver/main.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"syscall"
 
-	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/command"
 	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/internal/mqtemplate"
 	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/pkg/containerruntimelogger"
 	"github.com/ibm-messaging/mq-container/pkg/logger"
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func setPassword(user string, password string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Errorf("Error closing password stdin: %v", err)
 	}
-	out, _, err := command.RunCmd(cmd)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	if err != nil {
 		// Include the command output in the error
 		return fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", err.Error(), out)
diff --git a/cmd/runmqserver/webserver.go b/cmd/runmqserver/webserver.go
index c0a66ad..6318451 100644
--- a/cmd/runmqserver/webserver.go
+++ b/cmd/runmqserver/webserver.go
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ func startWebServer(keystore, keystorepw, p12TrustStoreRef string) error {
 		cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{}
 		cmd.SysProcAttr.Credential = &syscall.Credential{Uid: uint32(uid), Gid: uint32(gid)}
 	}
-	out, rc, err := command.RunCmd(cmd)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	rc := cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("Error %v starting web server: %v", rc, string(out))
 		return err
diff --git a/internal/command/command.go b/internal/command/command.go
index 7790c55..2dc23e2 100644
--- a/internal/command/command.go
+++ b/internal/command/command.go
@@ -21,40 +21,24 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os/exec"
 	"os/user"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"syscall"
 )
 
-// RunCmd runs an OS command.  On Linux it waits for the command to
-// complete and returns the exit status (return code).
-// Do not use this function to run shell built-ins (like "cd"), because
-// the error handling works differently
-func RunCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd) (string, int, error) {
-	// Run the command and wait for completion
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	if err != nil {
-		// Assert that this is an ExitError
-		exiterr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError)
-		// If the type assertion was correct, and we're on Linux
-		if ok && runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
-			status, ok := exiterr.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus)
-			if ok {
-				return string(out), status.ExitStatus(), fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", cmd.Path, err)
-			}
-		}
-		return string(out), -1, err
-	}
-	return string(out), 0, nil
-}
-
 // Run runs an OS command.  On Linux it waits for the command to
 // complete and returns the exit status (return code).
 // Do not use this function to run shell built-ins (like "cd"), because
 // the error handling works differently
 func Run(name string, arg ...string) (string, int, error) {
+	// Run the command and wait for completion
 	// #nosec G204
-	return RunCmd(exec.Command(name, arg...))
+	cmd := exec.Command(name, arg...)
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	rc := cmd.ProcessState.ExitCode()
+	if err != nil {
+		return string(out), rc, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", cmd.Path, err)
+	}
+	return string(out), rc, nil
 }
 
 // RunAsMQM runs the specified command as the mqm user
@@ -67,7 +51,7 @@ func RunAsMQM(name string, arg ...string) (string, int, error) {
 		return "", 0, err
 	}
 	cmd.SysProcAttr.Credential = &syscall.Credential{Uid: uint32(uid), Gid: uint32(gid)}
-	return RunCmd(cmd)
+	return Run(name, arg...)
 }
 
 // LookupMQM looks up the UID & GID of the mqm user
diff --git a/internal/keystore/keystore.go b/internal/keystore/keystore.go
index 2c2b758..792f691 100644
--- a/internal/keystore/keystore.go
+++ b/internal/keystore/keystore.go
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ func (ks *KeyStore) RenameCertificate(from, to string) error {
 		// #nosec G204
 		cmd := exec.Command("/opt/mqm/gskit8/bin/gsk8capicmd_64", "-cert", "-rename", "-db", ks.Filename, "-pw", ks.Password, "-label", from, "-new_label", to)
 		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/mqm/gskit8/lib64/:/opt/mqm/gskit8/lib")
-		out, _, err := command.RunCmd(cmd)
+		out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error running \"%v -cert -rename\": %v %s", "/opt/mqm/gskit8/bin/gsk8capicmd_64", err, out)
 		}