diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py
index df8ea0b528e5237c17c1bf5613e88f67d46b02ed..dc6217ef01a4fe0db2cefad9fa4e136aae3ba011 100755
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/ingestpipeline.py
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class IngestPipeline():
     ## SecondaryUri handling not implemented
     self.logger.debug(cmd)
     start = time.time()
-    p       = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True)
+    p       = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
     logs    = p.communicate()
     elapsed = time.time() - start
     self.logger.debug("File transfer for %s took %d sec" % (self.JobId, elapsed))