diff --git a/indra/develop.py b/indra/develop.py
index dc1190699ce0f370259e3674188b0c09913ff2c4..e19ecb7314c4a261341407840eeed9400d82b9aa 100755
--- a/indra/develop.py
+++ b/indra/develop.py
@@ -593,7 +593,6 @@ def run(self, command, name=None, retry_on=None, retries=1):
             retries = retries - 1
             print "develop.py tries to run:", command
             ret = subprocess.call(command, executable=name)
-            ret = os.system(command)
             print "got ret", ret, "from", command
             if ret:
                 if name is None: