diff --git a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
index 18d9c28248..26ebdca93b 100644
--- a/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmSystemTools.cxx
@@ -426,18 +426,15 @@ bool cmSystemTools::RunSingleCommand(
     {
     verbose = false;
     }
-  std::string argsTemp;
-  std::string program;
-  cmSystemTools::SplitProgramFromArgs(command, program, argsTemp);
-  std::vector<cmStdString> args = cmSystemTools::ParseArguments(argsTemp.c_str());
 
-  if(program.size() < 1)
+  std::vector<cmStdString> args = cmSystemTools::ParseArguments(command);
+
+  if(args.size() < 1)
     {
     return false;
     }
   
   std::vector<const char*> argv;
-  argv.push_back(program.c_str());
   for(std::vector<cmStdString>::const_iterator a = args.begin();
       a != args.end(); ++a)
     {