diff --git a/client/driver/executor/executor.go b/client/driver/executor/executor.go
index 295dc8928..9cf3ad2b5 100644
--- a/client/driver/executor/executor.go
+++ b/client/driver/executor/executor.go
@@ -290,14 +290,20 @@ func (e *UniversalExecutor) LaunchCmd(command *ExecCommand) (*ProcessState, erro
 func (e *UniversalExecutor) Exec(deadline time.Time, name string, args []string) ([]byte, int, error) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithDeadline(context.Background(), deadline)
 	defer cancel()
+	return ExecScript(ctx, e.cmd.Dir, e.ctx.TaskEnv, e.cmd.SysProcAttr, name, args)
+}
 
-	name = e.ctx.TaskEnv.ReplaceEnv(name)
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, name, e.ctx.TaskEnv.ParseAndReplace(args)...)
+// ExecScript executes cmd with args and returns the output, exit code, and
+// error. Output is truncated to client/driver/structs.CheckBufSize
+func ExecScript(ctx context.Context, dir string, env *env.TaskEnvironment, attrs *syscall.SysProcAttr,
+	name string, args []string) ([]byte, int, error) {
+	name = env.ReplaceEnv(name)
+	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, name, env.ParseAndReplace(args)...)
 
 	// Copy runtime environment from the main command
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = e.cmd.SysProcAttr
-	cmd.Dir = e.cmd.Dir
-	cmd.Env = e.ctx.TaskEnv.EnvList()
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = attrs
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	cmd.Env = env.EnvList()
 
 	// Capture output
 	buf, _ := circbuf.NewBuffer(int64(dstructs.CheckBufSize))
diff --git a/client/driver/raw_exec.go b/client/driver/raw_exec.go
index b799a3204..558289fdd 100644
--- a/client/driver/raw_exec.go
+++ b/client/driver/raw_exec.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (h *rawExecHandle) Update(task *structs.Task) error {
 }
 
 func (h *rawExecHandle) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd string, args []string) ([]byte, int, error) {
-	return execScript(ctx, h.taskDir.Dir, h.taskEnv, cmd, args)
+	return executor.ExecScript(ctx, h.taskDir.Dir, h.taskEnv, nil, cmd, args)
 }
 
 func (h *rawExecHandle) Signal(s os.Signal) error {
diff --git a/client/driver/rkt.go b/client/driver/rkt.go
index 930d66728..0c5e350ef 100644
--- a/client/driver/rkt.go
+++ b/client/driver/rkt.go
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@ func (h *rktHandle) Exec(ctx context.Context, cmd string, args []string) ([]byte
 	enterArgs[1] = h.uuid
 	enterArgs[2] = cmd
 	copy(enterArgs[3:], args)
-	return execScript(ctx, h.taskDir.Dir, h.env, rktCmd, enterArgs)
+	return executor.ExecScript(ctx, h.taskDir.Dir, h.env, nil, rktCmd, enterArgs)
 }
 
 func (h *rktHandle) Signal(s os.Signal) error {
diff --git a/client/driver/rkt_test.go b/client/driver/rkt_test.go
index b61ba04af..3dae05cf8 100644
--- a/client/driver/rkt_test.go
+++ b/client/driver/rkt_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 func TestRktVersionRegex(t *testing.T) {
 	if os.Getenv("NOMAD_TEST_RKT") == "" {
-		t.Skip("skipping rkt tests")
+		t.Skip("NOMAD_TEST_RKT unset, skipping")
 	}
 
 	input_rkt := "rkt version 0.8.1"
diff --git a/client/driver/utils.go b/client/driver/utils.go
index 07864bae4..fb61e1f6f 100644
--- a/client/driver/utils.go
+++ b/client/driver/utils.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package driver
 
 import (
-	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -9,14 +8,11 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
-	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/armon/circbuf"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/config"
-	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver/env"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver/executor"
 	cstructs "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/driver/structs"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/discover"
@@ -182,35 +178,3 @@ func getExecutorUser(task *structs.Task) string {
 	}
 	return task.User
 }
-
-// execScript executes cmd with args and returns the output, exit code, and
-// error. Output is truncated to client/driver/structs.CheckBufSize
-func execScript(ctx context.Context, dir string, env *env.TaskEnvironment, name string, args []string) ([]byte, int, error) {
-	name = env.ReplaceEnv(name)
-	args = env.ParseAndReplace(args)
-	cmd := exec.CommandContext(ctx, name, args...)
-	cmd.Dir = dir
-	cmd.Env = env.EnvList()
-	buf, _ := circbuf.NewBuffer(int64(cstructs.CheckBufSize))
-	cmd.Stdout = buf
-	cmd.Stderr = buf
-	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		exitErr, ok := err.(*exec.ExitError)
-		if !ok {
-			// Non-exit error, return it and let the caller treat
-			// it as a critical failure
-			return nil, 0, err
-		}
-
-		// Some kind of error happened; default to critical
-		exitCode := 2
-		if status, ok := exitErr.Sys().(syscall.WaitStatus); ok {
-			exitCode = status.ExitStatus()
-		}
-
-		// Don't return the exitError as the caller only needs the
-		// output and code.
-		return buf.Bytes(), exitCode, nil
-	}
-	return buf.Bytes(), 0, nil
-}