diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2
index 5dcdc1e75a..59a709e10e 100755
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/resalloc/ibm-cloud-vm.j2
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def _main():
 
     cmd = "source {} ; echo $IBMCLOUD_API_KEY".format(
         pipes.quote(opts.token_file))
-    output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True, stdout=sys.stderr)
+    output = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell=True)
     token = output.decode("utf-8").strip().rsplit("\n", maxsplit=1)[-1]
     authenticator = IAMAuthenticator(token)