diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c41c71f9..1a94b180 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ setenv =
     PYTHON=coverage run --source freezer --parallel-mode
 commands =
     find . -type f -name "*.pyc" -delete
-    stestr run '{posargs}'
+    stestr run {posargs}
     coverage combine
     coverage html -d cover
     coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml