diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index ad4f99664..aad351997 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/rsteube/carapace
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex v0.1.1
+	github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex v0.1.2
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f23fabb2d..d7993ce61 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.3/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2s0bqwp9tc8=
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
-github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex v0.1.1 h1:fRQEBBKyYKm4TXUabm4tzH904iFWSmXJl3UZhMfQNYU=
-github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex v0.1.1/go.mod h1:zPw1dOFwvLPKStUy9g2BYKanI6bsQMATzDMYQQybo3o=
+github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex v0.1.2 h1:ZKjhIfXoCkEnzensMglTaLbkNOaLkmM8SCRshpJKx6s=
+github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex v0.1.2/go.mod h1:zPw1dOFwvLPKStUy9g2BYKanI6bsQMATzDMYQQybo3o=
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
diff --git a/pkg/execlog/execlog.go b/pkg/execlog/execlog.go
index a4f1f1ae8..6b093f28f 100644
--- a/pkg/execlog/execlog.go
+++ b/pkg/execlog/execlog.go
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 package execlog
 
 import (
+	shlex "github.com/rsteube/carapace-shlex"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/internal/log"
-	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/rsteube/carapace/third_party/golang.org/x/sys/execabs"
 )
 
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ func Command(name string, arg ...string) *Cmd {
 }
 
 func (c *Cmd) Run() error {
-	log.LOG.Printf("executing %#v", util.FormatCmd(c.Args...))
+	log.LOG.Printf("executing %#v", shlex.Join(c.Args))
 	return c.Cmd.Run()
 }
 
 func (c *Cmd) Start() error {
-	log.LOG.Printf("executing %#v", util.FormatCmd(c.Args...))
+	log.LOG.Printf("executing %#v", shlex.Join(c.Args))
 	return c.Cmd.Start()
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/util/format.go b/pkg/util/format.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bf2d9224..000000000
--- a/pkg/util/format.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package util
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// FormatCmd joins given args to a formatted command.
-// TODO experimental
-func FormatCmd(args ...string) string {
-	replacer := strings.NewReplacer(
-		"$", "\\$",
-		"`", "\\`",
-	)
-
-	formatted := make([]string, 0, len(args))
-	for _, arg := range args {
-		switch {
-		case arg == "",
-			strings.ContainsAny(arg, `"' `+"\n\r\t"):
-			formatted = append(formatted, replacer.Replace(fmt.Sprintf("%#v", arg)))
-		default:
-			formatted = append(formatted, arg)
-		}
-	}
-	return strings.Join(formatted, " ")
-}