diff --git a/certbot.wrapper b/certbot.wrapper
index cbf0ddf9f..b7ce120bd 100755
--- a/certbot.wrapper
+++ b/certbot.wrapper
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ esac
 
 export CERTBOT_AUGEAS_PATH="${SNAP}/usr/lib/${ARCH_TRIPLET}/libaugeas.so.0"
 
-CERTBOT_PLUGIN_PATH="$(curl -s --unix /run/snapd.socket "http://localhost/v2/connections?snap=certbot&interface=content" | jq -r  '.result.established | map(select(.plug.plug == "plugin" and ."plug-attrs".content == "certbot-1") | "/snap/"+.slot.snap+"/current/lib/python3.8/site-packages" ) | join(":")')"
+CERTBOT_PLUGIN_PATH="$(snap connections certbot | gawk 'BEGIN {ORS=""} NR>1 { if ($1 == "content[certbot-1]") { split($3,a,":"); PLUGINS=PLUGINS":/snap/"a[1]"/current/lib/python3.8/site-packages/"; next; } } END { print substr(PLUGINS, 2) }')"
 export CERTBOT_PLUGIN_PATH
 
 exec certbot "$@"
diff --git a/snap/snapcraft.yaml b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
index c32e8c6b3..342f32a08 100644
--- a/snap/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snap/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ parts:
       - python3-pkg-resources
       - python3.8-minimal
       # added for certbot.wrapper script:
-      - curl
-      - jq
+      - gawk
     # To build cryptography and cffi if needed
     build-packages: [gcc, libffi-dev, libssl-dev, git, libaugeas-dev, python3-dev]
     build-environment: