1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/distribution/lib/DistUtils.py b/distribution/lib/DistUtils.py
index 82916337630..8bbd1c7d15f 100644
--- a/distribution/lib/DistUtils.py
+++ b/distribution/lib/DistUtils.py
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ def checkGitVersion():
 def getCommitForTag(tag):
     
     try:
-        commit = subprocess.check_output("git show --show-signature %s" % tag, shell = True)
+        p = os.popen("git show --show-signature %s" % tag)
+        commit = p.read()
+        p.close()
         if type(commit) != str:
             commit = commit.decode()
         commit = commit.split("\n")[0]