diff --git a/.woodpecker/deploy.yaml b/.woodpecker/deploy.yaml
index e458d3d..bff2823 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/deploy.yaml
@@ -53,25 +53,25 @@ steps:
       # bin/deploy-compose script to the target host.
       - |
         ssh -i /tmp/ssh/id_deploy -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
-        "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST" "mkdir -p /tmp/poc-deploy"
+        $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST mkdir -p /tmp/poc-deploy
       - |
         scp -i /tmp/ssh/id_deploy -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
         compose.yaml release.env secrets.decrypted.env \
-        "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:/tmp/poc-deploy/"
+        $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:/tmp/poc-deploy/
       - |
         scp -i /tmp/ssh/id_deploy -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
-        "$CI_WORKSPACE/bin/deploy-compose" \
-        "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:/tmp/poc-deploy/"
+        $CI_WORKSPACE/bin/deploy-compose \
+        $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:/tmp/poc-deploy/
       # Run the deployment on the target host, then remove the plaintext secrets.
       - |
         ssh -i /tmp/ssh/id_deploy -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
-        "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST" "chmod +x /tmp/poc-deploy/deploy-compose"
+        $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST chmod +x /tmp/poc-deploy/deploy-compose
       - |
         ssh -i /tmp/ssh/id_deploy -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
-        "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST" "/tmp/poc-deploy/deploy-compose"
+        $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST /tmp/poc-deploy/deploy-compose
       - |
         ssh -i /tmp/ssh/id_deploy -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new \
-        "$SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST" "rm -f /tmp/poc-deploy/secrets.decrypted.env"
+        $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST rm -f /tmp/poc-deploy/secrets.decrypted.env
       - echo "Deployment finished."
     when:
       event: [deployment, manual]