diff --git a/firewalld.spec b/firewalld.spec
index 39f7cc6..2321b66 100644
--- a/firewalld.spec
+++ b/firewalld.spec
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/polkit-1/actions/org.fedoraproject.FirewallD1.poli
 # If we don't yet have a symlink or existing file for firewalld.conf,
 # create it. Note: this will intentionally reset the policykit policy
 # at the same time, so they are in sync.
-if [ \! -e %{_sysconfdir}/firewalld/firewalld.conf ]; then
+if [ ! -e %{_sysconfdir}/firewalld/firewalld.conf ]; then
     # Import /etc/os-release to get the variant definition
     . /etc/os-release