diff --git a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
index d4b9cac86..56743b9ec 100644
--- a/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
+++ b/lib/takeover/xp_cmdshell.py
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ class xp_cmdshell:
         logger.debug(debugMsg)
 
         if mode == 1:
-            cmd = "EXEC master..sp_addextendedproc 'xp_cmdshell', "
-            cmd += "@dllname='xplog70.dll'"
+            cmd = getSPQLSnippet(DBMS.MSSQL, "enable_xp_cmdshell_2000", ENABLE=str(mode))
         else:
-            cmd = "EXEC master..sp_dropextendedproc 'xp_cmdshell'"
+            cmd = getSPQLSnippet(DBMS.MSSQL, "disable_xp_cmdshell_2000", ENABLE=str(mode))
 
         return cmd
 
diff --git a/procs/mssqlserver/disable_xp_cmdshell_2000.txt b/procs/mssqlserver/disable_xp_cmdshell_2000.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ae22febdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/procs/mssqlserver/disable_xp_cmdshell_2000.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EXEC master..sp_dropextendedproc 'xp_cmdshell';
diff --git a/procs/mssqlserver/enable_xp_cmdshell_2000.txt b/procs/mssqlserver/enable_xp_cmdshell_2000.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..52e1044a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/procs/mssqlserver/enable_xp_cmdshell_2000.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+EXEC master..sp_addextendedproc 'xp_cmdshell', @dllname='xplog70.dll';