diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_interface.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_interface.py
index e98da4b679..a199474e0a 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_interface.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_interface.py
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ def get_vlan_interface_attributes(name, intf_type, module):
     command = 'show run interface {0} all'.format(name)
     try:
         body = execute_show_command(command, module)[0]
-    except IndexError:
+    except (IndexError, TypeError):
         return None
     if body:
         command_list = body.split('\n')
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ def map_config_to_obj(want, module):
         if body:
             try:
                 interface_table = body['TABLE_interface']['ROW_interface']
-            except KeyError:
+            except (KeyError, TypeError):
                 return list()
 
             if interface_table:
@@ -599,11 +599,12 @@ def check_declarative_intent_params(module, want):
             return
 
         cmd = [{'command': 'show interface {0}'.format(w['name']), 'output': 'text'}]
-        output = run_commands(module, cmd, check_rc=False)
-        if output:
-            out = output[0]
-        else:
+
+        try:
+            out = run_commands(module, cmd, check_rc=False)[0]
+        except (AttributeError, IndexError, TypeError):
             out = ''
+
         if want_tx_rate:
             match = re.search(r'output rate (\d+)', out, re.M)
             have_tx_rate = None
diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_linkagg.py b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_linkagg.py
index 2f962a0531..bf1df1d2a8 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_linkagg.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/network/nxos/nxos_linkagg.py
@@ -133,22 +133,6 @@ from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 from ansible.module_utils.network.common.utils import remove_default_spec
 
 
-def execute_show_command(command, module):
-    device_info = get_capabilities(module)
-    network_api = device_info.get('network_api', 'nxapi')
-
-    if network_api == 'cliconf':
-        if 'show port-channel summary' in command:
-            command += ' | json'
-        cmds = [command]
-        body = run_commands(module, cmds)
-    elif network_api == 'nxapi':
-        cmds = [command]
-        body = run_commands(module, cmds)
-
-    return body
-
-
 def search_obj_in_list(group, lst):
     for o in lst:
         if o['group'] == group:
@@ -337,7 +321,7 @@ def parse_channel_options(module, output, channel):
 
 def map_config_to_obj(module):
     objs = list()
-    output = execute_show_command('show port-channel summary', module)[0]
+    output = run_commands(module, ['show port-channel summary | json'])[0]
     if not output:
         return list()