diff --git a/pkg/util/exec/translate_exec.go b/pkg/util/exec/translate_exec.go
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-/*
-Copyright 2016 The Rook Authors. All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-	http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package exec
-
-import (
-	"time"
-)
-
-// TranslateCommandExecutor is an exec.Executor that translates every command before executing it
-// This is useful to run the commands in a job with `kubectl run ...` when running the operator outside
-// of Kubernetes and need to run tools that require running inside the cluster.
-type TranslateCommandExecutor struct {
-	// Executor is probably a exec.CommandExecutor that will run the translated commands
-	Executor Executor
-
-	// Translator translates every command before running it
-	Translator func(command string, arg ...string) (string, []string)
-}
-
-// ExecuteCommand starts a process and wait for its completion
-func (e *TranslateCommandExecutor) ExecuteCommand(command string, arg ...string) error {
-	transCommand, transArgs := e.Translator(command, arg...)
-	return e.Executor.ExecuteCommand(transCommand, transArgs...)
-}
-
-// ExecuteCommandWithStdin starts a process, provides stdin and wait for its completion with timeout.
-func (e *TranslateCommandExecutor) ExecuteCommandWithStdin(timeout time.Duration, command string, stdin *string, arg ...string) error {
-	transCommand, transArgs := e.Translator(command, arg...)
-	return e.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithStdin(timeout, transCommand, stdin, transArgs...)
-}
-
-// ExecuteCommandWithEnv starts a process with an env variable and wait for its completion
-func (e *TranslateCommandExecutor) ExecuteCommandWithEnv(env []string, command string, arg ...string) error {
-	transCommand, transArgs := e.Translator(command, arg...)
-	return e.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithEnv(env, transCommand, transArgs...)
-}
-
-// ExecuteCommandWithOutput starts a process and wait for its completion
-func (e *TranslateCommandExecutor) ExecuteCommandWithOutput(command string, arg ...string) (string, error) {
-	transCommand, transArgs := e.Translator(command, arg...)
-	return e.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithOutput(transCommand, transArgs...)
-}
-
-// ExecuteCommandWithCombinedOutput starts a process and returns its stdout and stderr combined.
-func (e *TranslateCommandExecutor) ExecuteCommandWithCombinedOutput(command string, arg ...string) (string, error) {
-	transCommand, transArgs := e.Translator(command, arg...)
-	return e.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithCombinedOutput(transCommand, transArgs...)
-}
-
-// ExecuteCommandWithTimeout starts a process and wait for its completion with timeout.
-func (e *TranslateCommandExecutor) ExecuteCommandWithTimeout(timeout time.Duration, command string, arg ...string) (string, error) {
-	transCommand, transArgs := e.Translator(command, arg...)
-	return e.Executor.ExecuteCommandWithTimeout(timeout, transCommand, transArgs...)
-}