diff --git a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
index c6181c48c..2f2b9d86d 100755
--- a/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
+++ b/qa/pull-tester/rpc-tests.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ testScriptsExt=(
 );
 
 if [ "x$ENABLE_ZMQ" = "x1" ]; then
-  testScripts=( ${testScripts[@]} 'zmq_test.py' )
+  testScripts+=('zmq_test.py')
 fi
 
 extArg="-extended"