diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
index f3c09ffd619f13dc40ac9b5dfb673a08f923cef6..33c44c32c566a6c56347edb2953e6b6bab824020 100755
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/tools/remove_old_programs.bash
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 #$1 programs to be killed and checked
-ps -aux |grep -E -i $1| awk \'{print $2}\' | sudo xargs kill -9 
+ps -aux |grep -E -i $1| awk '{print $2}' | sudo xargs kill -9 
 
 var=`ps -aux |grep -E -i $1`
 echo $var