diff --git a/q2_composition/_ancombc.py b/q2_composition/_ancombc.py
index c92bdb5..c6661fa 100644
--- a/q2_composition/_ancombc.py
+++ b/q2_composition/_ancombc.py
@@ -14,24 +14,11 @@
 
 import qiime2
 from qiime2.metadata import NumericMetadataColumn, CategoricalMetadataColumn
+from qiime2.plugin.util import run_commands
 
 from ._format import DataLoafPackageDirFmt
 
 
-def run_commands(cmds, verbose=True):
-    if verbose:
-        print('Running external command line application(s). This may print'
-              ' messages to stdout and/or stderr.')
-        print('The command(s) being run are below. These commands cannot be'
-              ' manually re-run as they will depend on temporary files that no'
-              ' longer exist.')
-    for cmd in cmds:
-        if verbose:
-            print('\nCommand:', end=' ')
-            print(' '.join(cmd), end='\n\n')
-        subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
-
-
 def ancombc(table: pd.DataFrame, metadata: qiime2.Metadata, formula: str,
             p_adj_method: str = 'holm', prv_cut: float = 0.1, lib_cut: int = 0,
             reference_levels: str = None,