diff --git a/swift/cli/info.py b/swift/cli/info.py
index 529f210434..7826a17b81 100644
--- a/swift/cli/info.py
+++ b/swift/cli/info.py
@@ -93,11 +93,12 @@ def curl_head_command(ip, port, device, part, target, policy_index):
     else:
         formatted_ip = ip
 
-    cmd = 'curl --path-as-is -g -I -XHEAD "http://%s:%s/%s/%s/%s"' % (
+    cmd = 'curl -g -I -XHEAD "http://%s:%s/%s/%s/%s"' % (
         formatted_ip, port, device, part, urllib.parse.quote(target))
     if policy_index is not None:
         cmd += ' -H "%s: %s"' % ('X-Backend-Storage-Policy-Index',
                                  policy_index)
+    cmd += ' --path-as-is'
     return cmd
 
 
diff --git a/test/unit/cli/test_info.py b/test/unit/cli/test_info.py
index 5bef9f8114..80813db87d 100644
--- a/test/unit/cli/test_info.py
+++ b/test/unit/cli/test_info.py
@@ -1277,9 +1277,9 @@ class TestPrintObjFullMeta(TestCliInfoBase):
             os.chdir(cwd)
 
         exp_curl = (
-            'curl --path-as-is -g -I -XHEAD '
+            'curl -g -I -XHEAD '
             '"http://{host}:{port}/{device}/{part}/AUTH_admin/c/obj" '
-            '-H "X-Backend-Storage-Policy-Index: 2"').format(
+            '-H "X-Backend-Storage-Policy-Index: 2" --path-as-is').format(
                 host=node['ip'],
                 port=node['port'],
                 device=node['device'],
@@ -1318,9 +1318,10 @@ class TestPrintObjFullMeta(TestCliInfoBase):
             os.chdir(cwd)
 
         exp_curl = (
-            'curl --path-as-is -g -I -XHEAD '
+            'curl -g -I -XHEAD '
             '"http://[{host}]:{port}'
-            '/{device}/{part}/AUTH_admin/c/obj" ').format(
+            '/{device}/{part}/AUTH_admin/c/obj" '
+            '-H "X-Backend-Storage-Policy-Index: 3" --path-as-is').format(
                 host=node['ip'],
                 port=node['port'],
                 device=node['device'],