diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf b/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf
index 9215228a..2331e055 100644
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto-amd64.conf
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ pre_build() {
 	# Symlink the latest stages3 to build from
 	for d in ${BUILD_SRCDIR_BASE}/{default,hardened} ; do
 		pushd $d
-		for f in $(ls 'stage3*bz2' | give_latest_from_dates ) ; do
+		for f in $(ls stage3*bz2 | give_latest_from_dates ) ; do
 			of=${f/20[0-9][0-9].[0-9]/latest} # for 20XX.Y stuff
 			of=${of/20[0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-9][0-9]/latest} # for 20YYMMDD stuff
 			ln -sf $f $of
diff --git a/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf b/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf
index 45a97ad8..862cc1d3 100644
--- a/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf
+++ b/tools/catalyst-auto-x86.conf
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pre_build() {
 	# Symlink the latest stages3 to build from
 	for d in ${BUILD_SRCDIR_BASE}/{default,hardened} ; do
 		pushd $d
-		for f in $(ls 'stage3*bz2' | give_latest_from_dates ) ; do
+		for f in $(ls stage3*bz2 | give_latest_from_dates ) ; do
 			of=${f/20[0-9][0-9].[0-9]/latest} # for 20XX.Y stuff
 			of=${of/20[0-9][0-9][0-1][0-9][0-9][0-9]/latest} # for 20YYMMDD stuff
 			ln -sf $f $of