diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 729916a64..ebfd3071d 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import tarfile
 import tempfile
 import testtools
 
+from ironic_lib import utils as ironic_utils
 import mock
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 from oslotest import base as test_base
@@ -32,101 +33,13 @@ from ironic_python_agent import errors
 from ironic_python_agent import utils
 
 
-class ExecuteTestCase(testtools.TestCase):
-    """This class is a copy of the same class in openstack/ironic."""
+class ExecuteTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
 
-    def test_retry_on_failure(self):
-        fd, tmpfilename = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        _, tmpfilename2 = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        try:
-            fp = os.fdopen(fd, 'w+')
-            fp.write('''#!/bin/sh
-# If stdin fails to get passed during one of the runs, make a note.
-if ! grep -q foo
-then
-    echo 'failure' > "$1"
-fi
-# If stdin has failed to get passed during this or a previous run, exit early.
-if grep failure "$1"
-then
-    exit 1
-fi
-runs="$(cat $1)"
-if [ -z "$runs" ]
-then
-    runs=0
-fi
-runs=$(($runs + 1))
-echo $runs > "$1"
-exit 1
-''')
-            fp.close()
-            os.chmod(tmpfilename, 0o755)
-            try:
-                self.assertRaises(processutils.ProcessExecutionError,
-                                  utils.execute,
-                                  tmpfilename, tmpfilename2, attempts=10,
-                                  process_input=b'foo',
-                                  delay_on_retry=False)
-            except OSError as e:
-                if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
-                    self.skipTest("Permissions error detected. "
-                                  "Are you running with a noexec /tmp?")
-                else:
-                    raise
-            fp = open(tmpfilename2, 'r')
-            runs = fp.read()
-            fp.close()
-            self.assertNotEqual(runs.strip(), 'failure',
-                                'stdin did not always get passed correctly')
-            runs = int(runs.strip())
-            self.assertEqual(10, runs,
-                             'Ran %d times instead of 10.' % (runs,))
-        finally:
-            os.unlink(tmpfilename)
-            os.unlink(tmpfilename2)
-
-    def test_unknown_kwargs_raises_error(self):
-        self.assertRaises(processutils.UnknownArgumentError,
-                          utils.execute,
-                          '/usr/bin/env', 'true',
-                          this_is_not_a_valid_kwarg=True)
-
-    def test_check_exit_code_boolean(self):
+    @mock.patch.object(ironic_utils, 'execute', autospec=True)
+    def test_execute(self, mock_execute):
         utils.execute('/usr/bin/env', 'false', check_exit_code=False)
-        self.assertRaises(processutils.ProcessExecutionError,
-                          utils.execute,
-                          '/usr/bin/env', 'false', check_exit_code=True)
-
-    def test_no_retry_on_success(self):
-        fd, tmpfilename = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        _, tmpfilename2 = tempfile.mkstemp()
-        try:
-            fp = os.fdopen(fd, 'w+')
-            fp.write('''#!/bin/sh
-# If we've already run, bail out.
-grep -q foo "$1" && exit 1
-# Mark that we've run before.
-echo foo > "$1"
-# Check that stdin gets passed correctly.
-grep foo
-''')
-            fp.close()
-            os.chmod(tmpfilename, 0o755)
-            try:
-                utils.execute(tmpfilename,
-                              tmpfilename2,
-                              process_input=b'foo',
-                              attempts=2)
-            except OSError as e:
-                if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
-                    self.skipTest("Permissions error detected. "
-                                  "Are you running with a noexec /tmp?")
-                else:
-                    raise
-        finally:
-            os.unlink(tmpfilename)
-            os.unlink(tmpfilename2)
+        mock_execute.assert_called_once_with('/usr/bin/env', 'false',
+                                             check_exit_code=False)
 
 
 class GetAgentParamsTestCase(test_base.BaseTestCase):
diff --git a/ironic_python_agent/utils.py b/ironic_python_agent/utils.py
index 8e50987fc..421af0b17 100644
--- a/ironic_python_agent/utils.py
+++ b/ironic_python_agent/utils.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import tarfile
 import tempfile
 import time
 
+from ironic_lib import utils as ironic_utils
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import units
@@ -59,26 +60,11 @@ COLLECT_LOGS_COMMANDS = {
 
 
 def execute(*cmd, **kwargs):
-    """Convenience wrapper around oslo's execute() method.
+    """Convenience wrapper around ironic_lib's execute() method.
 
-    Executes and logs results from a system command. See docs for
-    oslo_concurrency.processutils.execute for usage.
-
-    :param *cmd: positional arguments to pass to processutils.execute()
-    :param log_stdout: keyword-only argument: whether to log the output
-    :param **kwargs: keyword arguments to pass to processutils.execute()
-    :raises: UnknownArgumentError on receiving unknown arguments
-    :raises: ProcessExecutionError
-    :raises: OSError
-    :returns: tuple of (stdout, stderr)
+    Executes and logs results from a system command.
     """
-    log_stdout = kwargs.pop('log_stdout', True)
-    result = processutils.execute(*cmd, **kwargs)
-    LOG.debug('Execution completed, command line is "%s"', ' '.join(cmd))
-    if log_stdout:
-        LOG.debug('Command stdout is: "%s"', result[0])
-    LOG.debug('Command stderr is: "%s"', result[1])
-    return result
+    return ironic_utils.execute(*cmd, **kwargs)
 
 
 def try_execute(*cmd, **kwargs):