diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 8d12156ae..52c8b19c9 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1080,37 +1080,6 @@ get_minion_type() {
 	echo "$minion_type"
 }
 
-get_scp_cmd() {
-	local automated=$1
-
-	if [ $automated == yes ]; then
-		scpcmd='sshpass -p "automation" scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
-	else
-		scpcmd='scp'
-	fi
-}
-
-get_ssh_cmd() {
-	local automated=$1
-
-	if [ $automated == yes ]; then
-		sshcmd='sshpass -p "automation" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
-	else
-		sshcmd='ssh'
-	fi
-
-}
-
-get_ssh_copy_id_cmd() {
-	local automated=$1
-
-	if [ $automated == yes ]; then
-		sshcopyidcmd='sshpass -p "automation" ssh-copy-id -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
-	else
-		sshcopyidcmd='ssh-copy-id'
-	fi
-}
-
 host_pillar() {
 
 	local pillar_file="$temp_install_dir"/pillar/minions/"$MINION_ID".sls
@@ -2005,6 +1974,20 @@ set_progress_str() {
 	"----" >> "$setup_log" 2>&1
 }
 
+set_ssh_cmds() {
+	local automated=$1
+
+	if [ $automated == yes ]; then
+		sshcmd='sshpass -p "automation" ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
+		sshcopyidcmd='sshpass -p "automation" ssh-copy-id -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
+		scpcmd='sshpass -p "automation" scp -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'
+	else
+		sshcmd='ssh'
+		sshcopyidcmd='ssh-copy-id'
+		scpcmd='scp'
+	fi
+}
+
 sensor_pillar() {
 
 	local pillar_file=$temp_install_dir/pillar/minions/$MINION_ID.sls
diff --git a/setup/so-setup b/setup/so-setup
index 7ab87a23a..991273b65 100755
--- a/setup/so-setup
+++ b/setup/so-setup
@@ -146,9 +146,7 @@ case "$setup_type" in
 esac
 
 #set ssh commands that will be used based on if this is an automated test install or not
-get_scp_cmd $automated
-get_ssh_cmd $automated
-get_ssh_copy_id_cmd $automated
+set_ssh_cmds $automated
 
 # Allow execution of SO tools during setup
 local_sbin="$(pwd)/../salt/common/tools/sbin"