diff --git a/ambari-agent/src/main/python/ambari_agent/HostInfo.py b/ambari-agent/src/main/python/ambari_agent/HostInfo.py
index 45c75f23eee..c981c9036e4 100644
--- a/ambari-agent/src/main/python/ambari_agent/HostInfo.py
+++ b/ambari-agent/src/main/python/ambari_agent/HostInfo.py
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ def getServiceStatus(self, service_name):
         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
         timeout=5,
-        quiet=True,
-        universal_newlines=True,
+        quiet=True
       )
       return out, err, code
     except Exception as ex: