diff --git a/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions b/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions
index e38fc2798..daeb360ac 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions
+++ b/diskimage_builder/lib/common-functions
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ function arg_to_elements() {
   #        element=$i
   #        path=${image_elements[$i]
   #      done
-  elinfo_out="$(element-info --env $IMAGE_ELEMENT)"
+  elinfo_out="$(${DIB_PYTHON_EXEC} ${_LIB}/element-info.py --env ${IMAGE_ELEMENT})"
   if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
       echo "ERROR: element-info failed to expand elements."
       exit 1
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/lib/element-info.py b/diskimage_builder/lib/element-info.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8ec672b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/diskimage_builder/lib/element-info.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import sys
+
+from diskimage_builder.element_dependencies import main
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index b1a444a8d..ae86fa1e1 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ data_files =
 
 [entry_points]
 console_scripts =
-    element-info = diskimage_builder.element_dependencies:main
     dib-block-device = diskimage_builder.block_device.cmd:main
     disk-image-create = diskimage_builder.disk_image_create:main
     ramdisk-image-create = diskimage_builder.disk_image_create:main