diff --git a/contrib/release/removepyc.sh b/contrib/release/removepyc.sh
index 5df59126..9aaf3658 100755
--- a/contrib/release/removepyc.sh
+++ b/contrib/release/removepyc.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-(cd "{$1:-.}";
+(cd "${1:-.}";
         find . -name "*.pyc" | xargs rm -- 2>/dev/null) || echo "ok"