diff --git a/src/parallels/parallels_utils.c b/src/parallels/parallels_utils.c
index 89a0d8979e5cd38237b2c03e64f3485f2b6adc75..521fd9739407484fc278ce1de7a16f87c11e04ad 100644
--- a/src/parallels/parallels_utils.c
+++ b/src/parallels/parallels_utils.c
@@ -37,23 +37,17 @@ static int
 parallelsDoCmdRun(char **outbuf, const char *binary, va_list list)
 {
     virCommandPtr cmd = virCommandNewVAList(binary, list);
-    char *scmd = NULL;
     int ret = -1;
 
     if (outbuf)
         virCommandSetOutputBuffer(cmd, outbuf);
 
-    scmd = virCommandToString(cmd);
-    if (!scmd)
-        goto cleanup;
-
     if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL))
         goto cleanup;
 
     ret = 0;
 
   cleanup:
-    VIR_FREE(scmd);
     virCommandFree(cmd);
     if (ret && outbuf)
         VIR_FREE(*outbuf);