diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 95cbd8e4c..30b04f081 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ commands = {posargs}
 setenv =
     PYTHON=coverage run --source $project --parallel-mode
 commands =
-    stestr run '{posargs}'
+    stestr run {posargs}
     coverage combine
     coverage html -d cover
     coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml