diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs
index 38f250af42f0..a7ccdbf6eab0 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/utils/channel.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::path::Path;
 use super::execution_context::ExecutionContext;
 use super::helpers;
 use crate::Build;
-use crate::utils::helpers::{start_process, t};
+use crate::utils::helpers::t;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default)]
 pub enum GitInfo {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl GitInfo {
 
         let mut git_command = helpers::git(Some(dir));
         git_command.arg("rev-parse");
-        let output = git_command.allow_failure().run_capture(exec_ctx);
+        let output = git_command.allow_failure().run_capture(&exec_ctx);
 
         if output.is_failure() {
             return GitInfo::Absent;
@@ -59,23 +59,28 @@ impl GitInfo {
         }
 
         // Ok, let's scrape some info
-        let ver_date = start_process(
-            helpers::git(Some(dir))
-                .arg("log")
-                .arg("-1")
-                .arg("--date=short")
-                .arg("--pretty=format:%cd")
-                .as_command_mut(),
-        );
-        let ver_hash =
-            start_process(helpers::git(Some(dir)).arg("rev-parse").arg("HEAD").as_command_mut());
-        let short_ver_hash = start_process(
-            helpers::git(Some(dir)).arg("rev-parse").arg("--short=9").arg("HEAD").as_command_mut(),
-        );
+        let mut git_log_cmd = helpers::git(Some(dir));
+        let ver_date = git_log_cmd
+            .arg("log")
+            .arg("-1")
+            .arg("--date=short")
+            .arg("--pretty=format:%cd")
+            .start_capture_stdout(&exec_ctx);
+
+        let mut git_hash_cmd = helpers::git(Some(dir));
+        let ver_hash = git_hash_cmd.arg("rev-parse").arg("HEAD").start_capture_stdout(&exec_ctx);
+
+        let mut git_short_hash_cmd = helpers::git(Some(dir));
+        let short_ver_hash = git_short_hash_cmd
+            .arg("rev-parse")
+            .arg("--short=9")
+            .arg("HEAD")
+            .start_capture_stdout(&exec_ctx);
+
         GitInfo::Present(Some(Info {
-            commit_date: ver_date().trim().to_string(),
-            sha: ver_hash().trim().to_string(),
-            short_sha: short_ver_hash().trim().to_string(),
+            commit_date: ver_date.wait_for_output().stdout().trim().to_string(),
+            sha: ver_hash.wait_for_output().stdout().trim().to_string(),
+            short_sha: short_ver_hash.wait_for_output().stdout().trim().to_string(),
         }))
     }