diff --git a/tests/docker/test-quick b/tests/docker/test-quick
index 07cdc59a106b20722385f3e1a48eb6f8a83a26ab..7885dfafdbe6a48921a32c0e2da13b217e2d5f4d 100755
--- a/tests/docker/test-quick
+++ b/tests/docker/test-quick
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 . common.rc
 
-DEF_TARGET_LIST="$(echo {x86_64,aarch64}-softmmu)"
+DEF_TARGET_LIST="x86_64-softmmu,aarch64-softmmu"
 TARGET_LIST=${TARGET_LIST:-$DEF_TARGET_LIST} \
 build_qemu
 make check $MAKEFLAGS