diff --git a/evoacme/files/evoacme.sh b/evoacme/files/evoacme.sh
index 57f1c74d..ca1664ec 100755
--- a/evoacme/files/evoacme.sh
+++ b/evoacme/files/evoacme.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ sed_cert_path_for_apache() {
     local search="^SSLCertificateFile.*$"
     local replace="SSLCertificateFile ${cert_path}"
 
-    if $(grep -qE "${search}" "${vhost_full_path}"); then
+    if grep -qE "${search}" "${vhost_full_path}"; then
         [ -w "${vhost_full_path}" ] || error "File ${vhost_full_path} is not writable"
 
         sed -i "s~${search}~${replace}~" "${vhost_full_path}"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ sed_cert_path_for_nginx() {
     local search="^ssl_certificate[^_].*$"
     local replace="ssl_certificate ${cert_path};"
 
-    if $(grep -qE "${search}" "${vhost_full_path}"); then
+    if grep -qE "${search}" "${vhost_full_path}"; then
         [ -w "${vhost_full_path}" ] || error "File ${vhost_full_path} is not writable"
 
         sed -i "s~${search}~${replace}~" "${vhost_full_path}"