diff --git a/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/sysbench.go b/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/sysbench.go
index 71ff2230531..2b8636dffcd 100644
--- a/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/sysbench.go
+++ b/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/sysbench.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (t *sysbenchTesterImpl) run(ctx context.Context) (*Result, error) {
 }
 
 func (t *sysbenchTesterImpl) cleanup(ctx context.Context) error {
-	cmd := ExecCommand(ctx, sysbenchCommand, t.test.GetCleanupArgs(t.serverConfig)...)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, sysbenchCommand, t.test.GetCleanupArgs(t.serverConfig)...)
 	if t.test.GetFromScript() {
 		lp := filepath.Join(t.config.GetScriptDir(), luaPath)
 		cmd.Env = os.Environ()
diff --git a/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/tpcc.go b/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/tpcc.go
index e8dc59c33f1..be265e6b568 100644
--- a/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/tpcc.go
+++ b/go/performance/utils/benchmark_runner/tpcc.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (t *tpccTesterImpl) outputToResult(output []byte) (*Result, error) {
 
 func (t *tpccTesterImpl) prepare(ctx context.Context) error {
 	args := t.test.GetPrepareArgs(t.serverConfig)
-	cmd := ExecCommand(ctx, t.tpccCommand, args...)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, t.tpccCommand, args...)
 	cmd = t.updateCmdEnv(cmd)
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (t *tpccTesterImpl) prepare(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 func (t *tpccTesterImpl) run(ctx context.Context) (*Result, error) {
 	args := t.test.GetRunArgs(t.serverConfig)
-	cmd := ExecCommand(ctx, t.tpccCommand, args...)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, t.tpccCommand, args...)
 	cmd = t.updateCmdEnv(cmd)
 
 	out, err := cmd.Output()
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (t *tpccTesterImpl) run(ctx context.Context) (*Result, error) {
 
 func (t *tpccTesterImpl) cleanup(ctx context.Context) error {
 	args := t.test.GetCleanupArgs(t.serverConfig)
-	cmd := ExecCommand(ctx, t.tpccCommand, args...)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, t.tpccCommand, args...)
 	cmd = t.updateCmdEnv(cmd)
 	err := cmd.Run()
 	if err != nil {