diff --git a/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py b/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
index 401942f9b29..119e3f15ee0 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/util/__init__.py
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ try:
     shlex_join = shlex.join  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 except AttributeError:
     # Python < 3.8
-    shlex_join = lambda split_command: " ".join(map(shlex.quote, split_command))  # noqa: E731
+    def shlex_join(split_command):
+        return " ".join(map(shlex.quote, split_command))
+
 
 inflector = Inflector()
 
diff --git a/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py b/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py
index d1b90b87cff..245271fe7a2 100644
--- a/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py
+++ b/test/integration/test_kubernetes_runner.py
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ class BaseKubernetesIntegrationTestCase(BaseJobEnvironmentIntegrationTestCase, M
                 if allow_wait and "is waiting to start" in p.stderr:
                     return None
                 raise Exception(
-                    f"Command '{shlex_join}' failed with exit code: {p.returncode}.\nstdout: {p.stdout}\nstderr: {p.stderr}"
+                    f"Command '{shlex_join(log_cmd)}' failed with exit code: {p.returncode}.\nstdout: {p.stdout}\nstderr: {p.stderr}"
                 )
             return p.stdout