diff --git a/jenkins/jobs/higgins.yaml b/jenkins/jobs/higgins.yaml
index 92eea18998..bde3b9d0cd 100644
--- a/jenkins/jobs/higgins.yaml
+++ b/jenkins/jobs/higgins.yaml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
           # Keep localrc to be able to set some vars in post_test_hook
           export KEEP_LOCALRC=1
 
-          function gate_hook {{
+          function gate_hook {
                cd /opt/stack/new/higgins/
               ./devstack/gate_hook.sh
-          }}
+          }
           export -f gate_hook
 
           cp devstack-gate/devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh ./safe-devstack-vm-gate-wrap.sh