diff --git a/installJRMC b/installJRMC
index c7ff928..c092c84 100755
--- a/installJRMC
+++ b/installJRMC
@@ -776,9 +776,9 @@ symlinkCerts() {
 
     if [[ ! -f /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt &&
     -f /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem ]]; then
-        ln_cmd="sudo ln -s /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
-        debug "$ln_cmd" || ln_cmd+=" &>/dev/null"
-        if ! exec "$ln_cmd"; then
+        debug "ln -s /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+        if ! sudo ln -s /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem \
+        /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt; then
             err "Symlinking certificates failed"
             return 1
         fi