diff --git a/kernel-1.spec b/kernel-1.spec
index 0afe0f2..fd48094 100644
--- a/kernel-1.spec
+++ b/kernel-1.spec
@@ -1527,12 +1527,12 @@ cat > $kernel_files-preun <<EOF
 KVER=%{kversion}-$kernel_flavour-%{buildrpmrel}
 pushd /boot > /dev/null
 if [ -L vmlinuz-$kernel_flavour ]; then
-	if [ "$(readlink vmlinuz-$kernel_flavour)" = "vmlinuz-\${KVER}" ]; then
+	if [ "\$(readlink vmlinuz-$kernel_flavour)" = "vmlinuz-\${KVER}" ]; then
 		rm -f vmlinuz-$kernel_flavour
 	fi
 fi
 if [ -L initrd-$kernel_flavour.img ]; then
-	if [ "$(readlink initrd-$kernel_flavour.img)" = "initrd-\${KVER}.img" ]; then
+	if [ "\$(readlink initrd-$kernel_flavour.img)" = "initrd-\${KVER}.img" ]; then
 		rm -f initrd-$kernel_flavour.img
 	fi
 fi