diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index 2974b313b8..e4731eada8 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
       - ^openstack_dashboard/dashboards/.*/tests.py$
     vars:
       devstack_localrc:
-        TEMPEST_PLUGINS: "'{{ ansible_user_dir }}/src/opendev.org/openstack/tempest-horizon'"
+        TEMPEST_PLUGINS: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/src/opendev.org/openstack/tempest-horizon"
         USE_PYTHON3: true
       devstack_services:
         horizon: true