diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_udld.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_udld.py
index 1adb3f0b435..40677d1b038 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_udld.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_udld.py
@@ -115,22 +115,6 @@ PARAM_TO_DEFAULT_KEYMAP = {
 }
 
 
-def execute_show_command(command, module, command_type='cli_show'):
-    device_info = get_capabilities(module)
-    network_api = device_info.get('network_api', 'nxapi')
-
-    if network_api == 'cliconf':
-        if 'show run' not in command:
-            command += ' | json'
-        cmds = [command]
-        body = run_commands(module, cmds)
-    elif network_api == 'nxapi':
-        cmds = [command]
-        body = run_commands(module, cmds)
-
-    return body
-
-
 def flatten_list(command_lists):
     flat_command_list = []
     for command in command_lists:
@@ -184,8 +168,8 @@ def get_commands_remove_udld_global(existing):
 
 
 def get_udld_global(module):
-    command = 'show udld global'
-    udld_table = execute_show_command(command, module)[0]
+    command = 'show udld global | json'
+    udld_table = run_commands(module, [command])[0]
 
     status = str(udld_table.get('udld-global-mode', None))
     if status == 'enabled-aggressive':