diff --git a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/actors/GcpBatchAsyncBackendJobExecutionActor.scala b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/actors/GcpBatchAsyncBackendJobExecutionActor.scala
index fa05f62baee..b3f9d47d316 100644
--- a/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/actors/GcpBatchAsyncBackendJobExecutionActor.scala
+++ b/supportedBackends/google/batch/src/main/scala/cromwell/backend/google/batch/actors/GcpBatchAsyncBackendJobExecutionActor.scala
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ class GcpBatchAsyncBackendJobExecutionActor(override val standardParams: Standar
       ScriptPreambleData(
       s"""|touch $DockerMonitoringLogPath
           |chmod u+x $DockerMonitoringScriptPath
-          |$DockerMonitoringScriptPath > $DockerMonitoringLogPath &""".stripMargin, executeInSubshell = true).valid
+          |$DockerMonitoringScriptPath > $DockerMonitoringLogPath &""".stripMargin).valid
     else ScriptPreambleData("").valid
   }