diff --git a/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/info/ParallelDetector.java b/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/info/ParallelDetector.java
index 6c7ec85847cc..22b4b603315d 100644
--- a/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/info/ParallelDetector.java
+++ b/build-conventions/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/gradle/internal/conventions/info/ParallelDetector.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class ParallelDetector {
                     ? "hw.perflevel0.physicalcpu"
                     : "hw.physicalcpu";
 
-                project.getProviders().exec(spec -> {
+                project.exec(spec -> {
                     spec.setExecutable("sysctl");
                     spec.args("-n", query);
                     spec.setStandardOutput(stdout);