diff --git a/jjb/cord-macros.yaml b/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
index 3a3b2ef..1cca914 100644
--- a/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
+++ b/jjb/cord-macros.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     builders:
       - inject:
           properties-content: |
-            SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS="{sonar-prep-commands}"
+            SONAR_PREP_COMMANDS={sonar-prep-commands}
       - shell: !include-raw-escape: shell/sonarprep.sh
       - sonar:
           sonar-name: 'sonarqube.opencord.org'
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
             sonar.sources=.
             sonar.projectKey={project}_$GERRIT_BRANCH
             sonar.python.pylint=/usr/local/bin/pylint
-            sonar.java.binaries="{sonar-java-binaries}"
+            sonar.java.binaries={sonar-java-binaries}
 
 # trigger on gerrit patchsets and actions
 # docs: https://docs.openstack.org/infra/jenkins-job-builder/triggers.html#triggers.gerrit