diff --git a/gitlab/bin/step-yamllint b/gitlab/bin/step-yamllint
index a0895ba..1f050c3 100755
--- a/gitlab/bin/step-yamllint
+++ b/gitlab/bin/step-yamllint
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ if [ "$(find . -name '.yamllint' -or -name '.yamllint.y*ml' | wc -l)" -ge "1" ];
   # yamllint will autoload this file
   exec yamllint .
 else
-  exec yamllint -d "$YAMLLINT_DEFAULTS" .
+  exec yamllint -d $YAMLLINT_DEFAULTS .
 fi