diff --git a/sync-all-repos b/sync-all-repos
index 082612b..955c315 100755
--- a/sync-all-repos
+++ b/sync-all-repos
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ REPOLIST="$HOME/.ctt $HOME/bin $HOME/vcs/notes $HOME/vcs/nico-dot-cdist $HOME/vc
 REPOLIST2="$REPOLIST $HOME/.password-store"
 
 # First in parallel, then en sequence to spot errors
-for repo in "${REPOLIST}; do ( update_repo $repo & ) ; done
+for repo in ${REPOLIST}; do ( update_repo $repo & ) ; done
 
 wait
 
-for repo in "${REPOLIST}; do update_repo $repo ; done
+for repo in ${REPOLIST}; do update_repo $repo ; done
 
 # Repos we want to sync, but don't want to update the working tree
 for repo in \