diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/alpine.sh b/.gitea/workflows/alpine.sh
index cd5dc93..1e419c0 100755
--- a/.gitea/workflows/alpine.sh
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/alpine.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ chgrp abuild /var/cache/distfiles
 chmod 775 /var/cache/distfiles
 mkdir -p "/home/user/.abuild"
 echo "/home/user/.abuild/user.rsa" | abuild-keygen -i -b 4096
-echo 'PACKAGER_PRIVKEY="/home/user/.abuild/user.rsa\"' >/home/user/.abuild/abuild.conf
+echo 'PACKAGER_PRIVKEY="/home/user/.abuild/user.rsa"' >/home/user/.abuild/abuild.conf
 chown -R "user:user" /home/user/
 
 # make sure we own the relevant directory