diff --git a/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh b/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh
index 3a24af1a38..8478967e32 100644
--- a/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh
+++ b/modules/openstack_project/files/reprepro/reprepro-mirror-update.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 set -e
 
 UNREF_FILE=/var/run/reprepro/unreferenced-files
-REPREPRO='reprepro --confdir /etc/reprepro'
+REPREPRO='k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m reprepro --confdir /etc/reprepro'
 
 echo "Obtaining reprepro tokens and running reprepro update"
-k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m $REPREPRO update
+$REPREPRO update
 
 if [ -f $UNREF_FILE ] ; then
     echo "Cleaning up files made unreferenced on the last run"
-    k5start -t -f /etc/reprepro.keytab service/reprepro -- timeout -k 2m 30m $REPREPRO deleteifunreferenced < $UNREF_FILE
+    $REPREPRO deleteifunreferenced < $UNREF_FILE
 fi
 
 echo "Saving list of newly unreferenced files for next time"