diff --git a/icinga-cli.sh b/icinga-cli.sh
index 5205109647773867d42e049108af8db67d406675..4efc6f8d5fbbc3f22a20f11645758b516e335da1 100755
--- a/icinga-cli.sh
+++ b/icinga-cli.sh
@@ -359,14 +359,14 @@ function processCheck(){
       _echo -------- check output:
       _echo $( cat "$_outfile" )
 
-      iPipes=$( sed 's#[^|]##g' "$_outfile" | grep "." | wc -L )
-      _echo "Pipe chars: $iPipes"
-      if [[ $iPipes -gt 1 ]]; then
-        _elog "WARNING - pipes were found in plugin output"
-        _elog "command was: $myFullscript $myparams"
-        _log "${_logPrefix} WARNING - pipes were found in plugin output"
-        sed -i "s#|#:#g" "$_outfile"
-      fi
+      # iPipes=$( grep -o "|" < "$_outfile" | wc -l )
+      # _echo "Pipe chars: $iPipes"
+      # if [[ $iPipes -gt 1 ]]; then
+      #   _elog "WARNING - pipes were found in plugin output"
+      #   _elog "command was: $myFullscript $myparams"
+      #   _log "${_logPrefix} WARNING - pipes were found in plugin output"
+      #   sed -i "s#|#:#g" "$_outfile"
+      # fi
 
       _echo
       # echo -------- extracted performance data: