diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5d11a001..7c3932c9 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ before_install:
 ## Install ARM toolchain on Linux.
 ## add our homebrew tap for MacOS
 ## Note: all dependencies on MacOS should be resolved by the brew install command
-  echo "set repository name: `$REPOSITORY_EP`"
+  echo "set repository name: $REPOSITORY_EP"
   if [[ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" == "linux" ]]; then 
     sudo apt-get update -qq;
     sudo apt-get install -y gcc-arm-none-eabi;