diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-stats b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-stats
index d3e9b40a6..d5bcf3ca9 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-stats
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-zeek-stats
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ show_stats() {
   echo
   echo "Average throughput:"
   echo
-  docker exec so-zeek env -i PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin runuser -l zeek -c '/opt/zeek/bin/zeekctl capstats'
+  docker exec so-zeek env -i PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin /opt/zeek/bin/zeekctl capstats
   echo
   echo "Average packet loss:"
   echo
-  docker exec so-zeek env -i PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin runuser -l zeek -c '/opt/zeek/bin/zeekctl netstats'
+  docker exec so-zeek env -i PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/opt/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin /opt/zeek/bin/zeekctl netstats
   echo
 }