--- a/barman/command_wrappers.py
+++ b/barman/command_wrappers.py
@@ -1144,5 +1144,5 @@
         # * pass the current configuration file with -c
         # * set it quiet with -q
-        self.command = [sys.executable, command, "-c", config, "-q", subcommand]
+        self.command = [command, "-c", config, "-q", subcommand]
         self.keep_descriptors = keep_descriptors
         # Handle args for the sub-command (like the server name)

--- a/tests/test_command_wrappers.py
+++ a/tests/test_command_wrappers.py
@@ -1595,5 +1595,4 @@
         )
         assert subprocess.command == [
-            sys.executable,
             sys.argv[0],
             "-c",
@@ -1622,5 +1621,4 @@
         )
         assert subprocess.command == [
-            sys.executable,
             "path/to/barman",
             "-c",
@@ -1644,5 +1642,4 @@
 
         command = [
-            sys.executable,
             "path/to/barman",
             "-c",