diff --git a/src/dev/bazel_workspace_status.js b/src/dev/bazel_workspace_status.js
index 3c3ef1574cd8e8..c7ae05ce487446 100644
--- a/src/dev/bazel_workspace_status.js
+++ b/src/dev/bazel_workspace_status.js
@@ -17,13 +17,21 @@
 // If the script exits with non-zero code, it's considered as a failure
 // and the output will be discarded.
 
-(async () => {
-  const execa = require('execa');
+(() => {
+  const cp = require('child_process');
   const os = require('os');
 
-  async function runCmd(cmd, args) {
+  function runCmd(cmd, args) {
     try {
-      return await execa(cmd, args);
+      const spawnResult = cp.spawnSync(cmd, args);
+      const exitCode = spawnResult.status !== null ? spawnResult.status : 1;
+      const stdoutStr = spawnResult.stdout.toString();
+      const stdout = stdoutStr ? stdoutStr.trim() : null;
+
+      return {
+        exitCode,
+        stdout,
+      };
     } catch (e) {
       return { exitCode: 1 };
     }
@@ -31,29 +39,25 @@
 
   // Git repo
   const kbnGitOriginName = process.env.KBN_GIT_ORIGIN_NAME || 'origin';
-  const repoUrlCmdResult = await runCmd('git', [
-    'config',
-    '--get',
-    `remote.${kbnGitOriginName}.url`,
-  ]);
+  const repoUrlCmdResult = runCmd('git', ['config', '--get', `remote.${kbnGitOriginName}.url`]);
   if (repoUrlCmdResult.exitCode === 0) {
     // Only output REPO_URL when found it
     console.log(`REPO_URL ${repoUrlCmdResult.stdout}`);
   }
 
   // Commit SHA
-  const commitSHACmdResult = await runCmd('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD']);
+  const commitSHACmdResult = runCmd('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD']);
   if (commitSHACmdResult.exitCode === 0) {
     console.log(`COMMIT_SHA ${commitSHACmdResult.stdout}`);
 
     // Branch
-    const gitBranchCmdResult = await runCmd('git', ['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD']);
+    const gitBranchCmdResult = runCmd('git', ['rev-parse', '--abbrev-ref', 'HEAD']);
     if (gitBranchCmdResult.exitCode === 0) {
       console.log(`GIT_BRANCH ${gitBranchCmdResult.stdout}`);
     }
 
     // Tree status
-    const treeStatusCmdResult = await runCmd('git', ['diff-index', '--quiet', 'HEAD', '--']);
+    const treeStatusCmdResult = runCmd('git', ['diff-index', '--quiet', 'HEAD', '--']);
     const treeStatusVarStr = 'GIT_TREE_STATUS';
     if (treeStatusCmdResult.exitCode === 0) {
       console.log(`${treeStatusVarStr} Clean`);
@@ -64,7 +68,7 @@
 
   // Host
   if (process.env.CI) {
-    const hostCmdResult = await runCmd('hostname');
+    const hostCmdResult = runCmd('hostname');
     const hostStr = hostCmdResult.stdout.split('-').slice(0, -1).join('-');
     const coresStr = os.cpus().filter((cpu, index) => {
       return !cpu.model.includes('Intel') || index % 2 === 1;