diff --git a/scripts/applyUpstream.sh b/scripts/applyUpstream.sh
index a98657e2..5834b856 100755
--- a/scripts/applyUpstream.sh
+++ b/scripts/applyUpstream.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ function enableCommitSigningIfNeeded {
 	fi
 }
 
-if [ "$2" == "removed" ]; then
+if [ $2 == "removed" ]; then
   exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ for D in ${searchtxts[@]}; do
 	fi
 done
 #git am --no-utf8 --3way --ignore-whitespace "$basedir/patches/$patch_folder/"*.patch
-enableCommitSigningIfNeeded
\ No newline at end of file
+enableCommitSigningIfNeeded