diff --git a/virt-v2v/cold/entrypoint.go b/virt-v2v/cold/entrypoint.go
index 112cc40d8..245e82b89 100644
--- a/virt-v2v/cold/entrypoint.go
+++ b/virt-v2v/cold/entrypoint.go
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func main() {
 }
 
 func buildCommand() []string {
-	virtV2vArgs := []string{"virt-v2v", "-v", "-x"}
+	virtV2vArgs := []string{"-v", "-x"}
 	source := os.Getenv("V2V_source")
 
 	if !isValidSource(source) {
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ func LinkDisks(diskKind string, num int) (err error) {
 }
 
 func executeVirtV2v(args []string) (err error) {
-	virtV2vCmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+	virtV2vCmd := exec.Command("virt-v2v", args...)
 	r, w := io.Pipe()
 	virtV2vCmd.Stdout = w
 	virtV2vCmd.Stderr = w