diff --git a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
--- a/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
+++ b/contrib/gitian-descriptors/gitian-win.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         echo "REAL=\`which -a ${i}-${prog} | grep -v ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog} | head -1\`" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo 'export LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/faketime/libfaketime.so.1' >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
         echo "export FAKETIME=\"$1\"" >> ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
-        echo "\$REAL \"\$@\"" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
+        echo "\$REAL \$@" >> $WRAP_DIR/${i}-${prog}
         chmod +x ${WRAP_DIR}/${i}-${prog}
     done
   done