diff --git a/files/default/tests/minitest/cron_test.rb b/files/default/tests/minitest/cron_test.rb
index c8e11b47..f8140442 100644
--- a/files/default/tests/minitest/cron_test.rb
+++ b/files/default/tests/minitest/cron_test.rb
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@
 
   it 'creates the cron command' do
     if node['chef_client']['cron']['use_cron_d']
-      file("/etc/cron.d/chef-client").must_match %r{/bin/sleep \d+; (([A-Za-z]+=.*)?) /usr/bin/chef-client &> /dev/null}
+      file("/etc/cron.d/chef-client").must_match %r{/bin/sleep \d+; (([A-Za-z]+=.*)?) /usr/bin/chef-client > /dev/null 2>&1}
     else
       cron("chef-client").command.
-        must_match %r{/bin/sleep \d+; (([A-Za-z]+=.*)?)|[\s] /usr/bin/chef-client &> /dev/null}
+        must_match %r{/bin/sleep \d+; (([A-Za-z]+=.*)?)|[\s] /usr/bin/chef-client > /dev/null 2>&1}
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/recipes/cron.rb b/recipes/cron.rb
index 197575c3..d1631837 100644
--- a/recipes/cron.rb
+++ b/recipes/cron.rb
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ class ::Chef::Recipe
     hour    node['chef_client']['cron']['hour']
     path    node['chef_client']['cron']['path'] if node['chef_client']['cron']['path']
     user    "root"
-    shell   "/bin/bash"
-    command "/bin/sleep #{sleep_time}; #{env} #{client_bin} &> #{log_file}"
+    command "/bin/sleep #{sleep_time}; #{env} #{client_bin} > #{log_file} 2>&1"
   end
 else
   cron_d "chef-client" do
@@ -98,7 +97,6 @@ class ::Chef::Recipe
     hour    node['chef_client']['cron']['hour']
     path    node['chef_client']['cron']['path'] if node['chef_client']['cron']['path']
     user    "root"
-    shell   "/bin/bash"
-    command "/bin/sleep #{sleep_time}; #{env} #{client_bin} &> #{log_file}"
+    command "/bin/sleep #{sleep_time}; #{env} #{client_bin} > #{log_file} 2>&1"
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/cookbooks/chef-client_test/files/default/tests/minitest/cook-2086_test.rb b/test/cookbooks/chef-client_test/files/default/tests/minitest/cook-2086_test.rb
index fea09fef..c5ad583e 100644
--- a/test/cookbooks/chef-client_test/files/default/tests/minitest/cook-2086_test.rb
+++ b/test/cookbooks/chef-client_test/files/default/tests/minitest/cook-2086_test.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
   include Helpers::ChefClient
   it 'adds environment variables to the cron command' do
     cron("chef-client").command.
-      must_match %r{/bin/sleep \d+; FOO=BAR /usr/bin/chef-client &> /dev/null}
+      must_match %r{/bin/sleep \d+; FOO=BAR /usr/bin/chef-client > /dev/null 2>&1}
   end
 end