diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a4cf62a5c3666f55c2f4a04af7092ec348efecdc..7b04224141236ebc74f9d5bedf252c2717167171 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ Documentation:
 Flake8:
   script:
   - curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/prepare-and-run-flake8.sh
-  - ". ./prepare-and-run-flake8.sh "$CI_PROJECT_NAME" examples test"
+  - . ./prepare-and-run-flake8.sh "$CI_PROJECT_NAME" examples test
   tags:
   - python3
   except: