diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
index b4d9649f0..4e4331321 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-status
@@ -287,11 +287,9 @@ main() {
 
 is_tty() {
     __tty=0
-    [ -t 1 ] \
-        && __tty=1
+    [ -t 1 ] && __tty=1
     # don't print colors if NO_COLOR is set to anything
-    [ "${#NO_COLOR}" -ne 0 ] \
-        && __tty=0
+    [ "${#NO_COLOR}" -ne 0 ] && __tty=0
 }
 
 if ! [ "$(id -u)" = 0 ]; then