diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index fcff4c98..2dc315ad 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ setenv =
     VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     PYTHON=coverage run --source cloudkitty --parallel-mode
 commands =
-    stestr run '{posargs}'
+    stestr run {posargs}
     coverage combine
     coverage html -d cover
     coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml