diff --git a/indra/develop.py b/indra/develop.py
index a20badcfba39d8b12ef95630d12c4a8a73afc7ee..71569f15d23a6338be00018343cac2c3cae52c0a 100755
--- a/indra/develop.py
+++ b/indra/develop.py
@@ -595,10 +595,7 @@ def run(self, command, name=None, retry_on=None, retries=1):
             ret = subprocess.call(command, executable=name)
             print "got ret", ret, "from", command
             if ret:
-                if name is None:
-                    name = command.split(None, 1)[0]
-                path = self.find_in_path(name)
-                if not path:
+                if not name:
                     error = 'was not found'
                 else:
                     error = 'exited with status %d' % ret