diff --git a/src/conky.cc b/src/conky.cc
index a745c06b..4369d2d4 100644
--- a/src/conky.cc
+++ b/src/conky.cc
@@ -764,7 +764,6 @@ void evaluate(const char *text, char *p, int p_max_size) {
    * callbacks and generate_text_internal() after callbacks.
    */
   extract_variable_text_internal(&subroot, text);
-  conky::run_all_callbacks();
   generate_text_internal(p, p_max_size, subroot);
   DBGP2("evaluated '%s' to '%s'", text, p);
 
diff --git a/tests/test-conky.cc b/tests/test-conky.cc
index d4d632e5..8452f889 100644
--- a/tests/test-conky.cc
+++ b/tests/test-conky.cc
@@ -42,22 +42,4 @@ TEST_CASE("Expressions can be evaluated", "[evaluate]") {
     evaluate(input, result, kMaxSize);
     REQUIRE(strncmp(input, result, kMaxSize) == 0);
   }
-
-  SECTION("execs can be evaluated") {
-    constexpr int kMaxSize = 50;
-    const char input[kMaxSize] = "${exec echo text}";
-    char result[kMaxSize]{'\0'};
-
-    evaluate(input, result, kMaxSize);
-    REQUIRE(strncmp("text", result, kMaxSize) == 0);
-  }
-
-  SECTION("execp echo without other substitutions can be evaluated") {
-    constexpr int kMaxSize = 50;
-    const char input[kMaxSize] = "${execp echo text}";
-    char result[kMaxSize]{'\0'};
-
-    evaluate(input, result, kMaxSize);
-    REQUIRE(strncmp("text", result, kMaxSize) == 0);
-  }
 }