diff --git a/gdal-config b/gdal-config
index 383d5e1..24b49ed 100755
--- a/gdal-config
+++ b/gdal-config
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-ARCH=\$(uname -m)
-case \$ARCH in
+ARCH=$(uname -m)
+case $ARCH in
 x86_64 | ppc64 | ppc64le | ia64 | s390x | sparc64 | alpha | alphaev6 | aarch64 )
-%{name}-config-64 \${*}
+%{name}-config-64 ${*}
 ;;
 *)
-%{name}-config-32 \${*}
+%{name}-config-32 ${*}
 ;;
 esac