diff --git a/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh
index 95fadd0..f774112 100755
--- a/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-gitea/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ if ! podman image exists ${gitea_image}:${gitea_version}; then
 		       -f ${buildfolder}/Dockerfile ${buildfolder} || retval=false
 	podman image prune -a -f --filter dangling=true
 	podman image prune -a -f --filter intermediate=true
-	podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/golang)"
-	podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/alpine)"
+	podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/golang)
+	podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/alpine)
     fi
     rm -rf ${buildfolder}
     eval "$retval"
diff --git a/podman-hedgedoc/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-hedgedoc/ci_build-images.sh
index 474e721..7b4ba82 100755
--- a/podman-hedgedoc/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-hedgedoc/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ if ! podman image exists ${hedgedoc_image}:${hedgedoc_version}; then
     rm -rf ${buildfolder}
     podman image prune -a -f --filter dangling=true
     podman image prune -a -f --filter intermediate=true
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/node)"
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/node)
     eval "$retval"
 else
     echo "Image ${hedgedoc_image}:${hedgedoc_version} already built"
diff --git a/podman-ntfy/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-ntfy/ci_build-images.sh
index 20c6aa2..481c701 100755
--- a/podman-ntfy/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-ntfy/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ if ! podman image exists ${ntfy_image}:${ntfy_version}; then
     TMPDIR=${HOME} podman image build -t "${ntfy_image}:${ntfy_version}" container/ --build-arg NTFY_VERSION=${ntfy_version} || exit 1
     podman image prune -a -f --filter dangling=true
     podman image prune -a -f --filter intermediate=true
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/golang)"
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/alpine)"
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/golang)
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/alpine)
 else
     echo "Image ${ntfy_image}:${ntfy_version} already built"
 fi
diff --git a/podman-peerjs/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-peerjs/ci_build-images.sh
index 0e75523..840c75b 100755
--- a/podman-peerjs/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-peerjs/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if ! podman image exists ${upstream_images}:${version}; then
            --label org.opencontainers.image.title='PeerServer' \
            --label org.opencontainers.image.url='https://peerjs.com' \
            -t ${upstream_images}:${version} ${buildfolder}/ || retval=false
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/node)"
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/node)
     rm -rf ${buildfolder}
     eval "$retval"
 else
diff --git a/podman-seafile/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-seafile/ci_build-images.sh
index 9d1ccaf..05e597a 100755
--- a/podman-seafile/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-seafile/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if ! podman image exists ${seafile_image}:${seafile_release}; then
         podman image build -t ${seafile_image}:${seafile_release} \
 	   -f ${buildfolder}/image/seafile_${seafile_release%.*}/Dockerfile \
 	   ${buildfolder} || retval=false
-	podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- phusion/baseimage)"
+	podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- phusion/baseimage)
     fi
     rm -rf ${buildfolder}
     eval "$retval"
diff --git a/podman-vaultwarden/ci_build-images.sh b/podman-vaultwarden/ci_build-images.sh
index 5b8eb78..f5d2c16 100755
--- a/podman-vaultwarden/ci_build-images.sh
+++ b/podman-vaultwarden/ci_build-images.sh
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ if ! podman image exists ${service_image}:${service_version}; then
     rm -rf ${buildfolder}
     podman image prune -a -f --filter dangling=true
     podman image prune -a -f --filter intermediate=true
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- vaultwarden/web-vault)"
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/blackdex/rust-musl)"
-    podman image rm -f "$(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/alpine)"
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- vaultwarden/web-vault)
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/blackdex/rust-musl)
+    podman image rm -f $(podman image list -a -q -- docker.io/library/alpine)
     eval "$retval"
 else
     echo "Image ${service_image}:${service_version} already built"