diff --git a/SETUP/ci/check_security.php b/SETUP/ci/check_security.php
index fdf2abe55..f1c95c638 100755
--- a/SETUP/ci/check_security.php
+++ b/SETUP/ci/check_security.php
@@ -7,14 +7,6 @@
 
 $basedir = $argv[1] ?? "../../";
 
-// List of files that can contain system/exec calls
-// TODO: Likely few or none of these should contain the calls either --
-//       opting for Symfony Process() instead -- but this ensures that no
-//       others are added from the current set until they get updated.
-$ok_system_calls = [
-    "pinc/upload_file.inc",
-];
-
 // List of files that can contain mysqli_error() calls
 $ok_mysqli_error_calls = [
     "pinc/DPDatabase.inc",
@@ -48,7 +40,7 @@
     }
 
     // No file should include a system call (use Symfony Process instead)
-    if (file_includes_system_call("$basedir/$file") && !in_array($file, $ok_system_calls)) {
+    if (file_includes_system_call("$basedir/$file")) {
         abort($file, "file includes system(), exec(), passthru(), shell_exec(), or escapeshellcmd()");
     }
 
diff --git a/pinc/upload_file.inc b/pinc/upload_file.inc
index 1d75bdb2d..21578d1ad 100644
--- a/pinc/upload_file.inc
+++ b/pinc/upload_file.inc
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 // <input type='file'> with name='uploaded_file' Then validate_uploaded_file()
 // can be used to process the upload.
 
+use Symfony\Component\Process\Process;
+
 define("RESUMABLE_UPLOAD_SIZE", 1024 * 1024 * 1024);  // 1GB
 
 /**
@@ -262,13 +264,10 @@ function virus_check($file_path, $verbose)
     // perform '$antivirus_executable -- <FILENAME>' and expect return
     // value = 0. we use -- to not parse any further arguments starting
     // with -/-- as options
-    $av_test_result = [];
-    $av_retval = 0;
-
-    $cmd = "$antivirus_executable -- " . escapeshellarg($file_path);
-    exec($cmd, $av_test_result, $av_retval);
-    // $av_retval == 0 is ok
-    if ($av_retval == 1) {
+    $process = new Process([$antivirus_executable, "--", $file_path]);
+    $av_retval = $process->run();
+    $av_test_result = explode("\n", $process->getOutput());
+    if (!$process->isSuccessful()) {
         // Log the infected upload so that we can track user/frequency
         $reporting_string = "upload_file.inc - Infected upload: " . $av_test_result[0];
         error_log($reporting_string);