diff --git a/bots/check-rabbitmq-consumers b/bots/check-rabbitmq-consumers
index d0103d3..fd3661b 100755
--- a/bots/check-rabbitmq-consumers
+++ b/bots/check-rabbitmq-consumers
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import time
 import optparse
 from collections import defaultdict
 import os
-
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
-from zulip_tools import check_output
+import subprocess
 
 states = {
     0: "OK",
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ parser.add_option('--min-threshold',
 
 (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
 
-output = check_output(['/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl', 'list_consumers'], shell=False)
+output = subprocess.check_output(['/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl', 'list_consumers'], shell=False)
 
 consumers = defaultdict(int)
 
diff --git a/bots/check-rabbitmq-queue b/bots/check-rabbitmq-queue
index d29bc20..7f54d9f 100755
--- a/bots/check-rabbitmq-queue
+++ b/bots/check-rabbitmq-queue
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ import sys
 import re
 import time
 import os
-
-sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), '..'))
-from zulip_tools import check_output
+import subprocess
 
 WARN_THRESHOLD = 50
 CRIT_THRESHOLD = 100
@@ -19,7 +17,7 @@ states = {
 }
 
 re = re.compile(r'(\w+)\t(\d+)')
-output = check_output(['/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl', 'list_queues'], shell=False)
+output = subprocess.check_output(['/usr/sbin/rabbitmqctl', 'list_queues'], shell=False)
 
 status = 0
 max_count = 0