diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index fdafcca2f8f..5d23adac55d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ addons:
       name: "paparazzi/paparazzi"
       description: "Build submitted via Travis CI"
     notification_email: paparazzi-builds@nongnu.org
-    build_command_prepend: "make ext; cov-configure --comptype gcc --compiler arm-none-eabi-gcc --template"
-    build_command: "make test"
+    build_command_prepend: make ext; cov-configure --comptype gcc --compiler arm-none-eabi-gcc --template
+    build_command: make test
     branch_pattern: coverity_scan
 
 notifications: