diff --git a/script/linux-gae-instance b/script/linux-gae-instance
index 7c3a4c09f..62c2fb5b3 100755
--- a/script/linux-gae-instance
+++ b/script/linux-gae-instance
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ function download_nginx_logs() {
 
   retry -n 2 -s 10 \
     ${GCLOUD} compute ssh --project=${PROJECT} --zone=${vm_zone} ${vm_name} \
-        --command="\"sudo tar czf ${remote_archive} /var/log/; sudo chmod 777 ${remote_archive}\"" \
+        --command="sudo tar czf ${remote_archive} /var/log/; sudo chmod 777 ${remote_archive}" \
     || error_exit "Cannot tar backend VM logs."
 
   retry -n 2 -s 10 \