diff --git a/autoscripts/prerm-pyclean b/autoscripts/prerm-pyclean
index 13ad1ba6f65cb1c20c5591a1b5cffd53a236a7b5..ab0e516e1a0dd0a87910e46fa3e2359a85ad4b14 100644
--- a/autoscripts/prerm-pyclean
+++ b/autoscripts/prerm-pyclean
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ else
 	do
 		if [ -f "${file}c" ]
 		then
-			rm -f ${file}c
+			rm -f "${file}c"
 		fi
   	done
 fi