diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fb07bc493310032984dbc4d23107c54f29503c69..b140f81740a4dca76499a47f887cf4438e5eaf31 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ slc6-gcc48:
     - export ROOTSYS=/cvmfs/sft.cern.ch/lcg/releases/LCG_84/ROOT/6.06.02/x86_64-slc6-gcc48-opt
     - ROOTENV_INIT=${ROOTSYS}/bin/thisroot.sh;
     - test -r ${ROOTENV_INIT}
-    - test -r ` cd $(dirname ${ROOTENV_INIT}); . ./$(basename ${ROOTENV_INIT}) ; cd $OLDPWD ; `
-    - test -r ${ROOTENV_INIT} && ` cd $(dirname ${ROOTENV_INIT}); . ./$(basename ${ROOTENV_INIT}) ; cd $OLDPWD ; `
+    - cd $(dirname ${ROOTENV_INIT});
+    - . ./$(basename ${ROOTENV_INIT}) ; 
+    - cd $OLDPWD ; 
     - test -r ${ROOTENV_INIT} && { cd $(dirname ${ROOTENV_INIT}); . ./$(basename ${ROOTENV_INIT}) ; cd $OLDPWD ; }