diff --git a/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/lua/loslib.c b/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/lua/loslib.c
index 025d494aba..da06a572ac 100644
--- a/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/lua/loslib.c
+++ b/src/mod/languages/mod_lua/lua/loslib.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static int os_pushresult (lua_State *L, int i, const char *filename) {
 
 
 static int os_execute (lua_State *L) {
-  lua_pushinteger(L, switch_system(luaL_optstring(L, 1, NULL), 1));
+  lua_pushinteger(L, system(luaL_optstring(L, 1, NULL)));
   return 1;
 }