diff --git a/src/arduino.cc/builder/ctags_runner.go b/src/arduino.cc/builder/ctags_runner.go
index 2ab75638..b9833082 100644
--- a/src/arduino.cc/builder/ctags_runner.go
+++ b/src/arduino.cc/builder/ctags_runner.go
@@ -30,8 +30,6 @@
 package builder
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-
 	"arduino.cc/builder/constants"
 	"arduino.cc/builder/ctags"
 	"arduino.cc/builder/i18n"
@@ -61,12 +59,7 @@ func (s *CTagsRunner) Run(ctx *types.Context) error {
 		return i18n.WrapError(err)
 	}
 
-	verbose := ctx.Verbose
-	if verbose {
-		fmt.Println(commandLine)
-	}
-
-	sourceBytes, err := command.Output()
+	sourceBytes, _, err := utils.ExecCommand(ctx, command, /* stdout */ utils.Capture, /* stderr */ utils.Ignore)
 	if err != nil {
 		return i18n.WrapError(err)
 	}