diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-master-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-master-presubmits.yaml
index 910543549a916..30bc5445665eb 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-master-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-master-presubmits.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ presubmits:
         - name: RPM_REPO_OPENSHIFT_ORIGIN
           value: https://rpms.svc.ci.openshift.org/openshift-origin-v4.0/
         - name: TEST_COMMAND
-          value: TEST_FOCUS=Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel/minimal TEST_SKIP='(\\[local\\]|\\[templates\\]|\\[Feature:Router\\]|Kubectl
+          value: TEST_FOCUS=Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel/minimal TEST_SKIP='(\[local\]|\[templates\]|\[Feature:Router\]|Kubectl
             logs)' run-tests
         image: ci-operator:latest
         imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-release-3.11-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-release-3.11-presubmits.yaml
index d37e1743cc1d2..54f3cdf7a8f7f 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-release-3.11-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/openshift-ansible/openshift-openshift-ansible-release-3.11-presubmits.yaml
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ presubmits:
         - name: RPM_REPO_OPENSHIFT_ORIGIN
           value: https://rpms.svc.ci.openshift.org/openshift-origin-v3.11/
         - name: TEST_COMMAND
-          value: TEST_FOCUS=Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel/minimal TEST_SKIP='(\\[local\\]|\\[templates\\]|\\[Feature:Router\\]|Kubectl
+          value: TEST_FOCUS=Suite:openshift/conformance/parallel/minimal TEST_SKIP='(\[local\]|\[templates\]|\[Feature:Router\]|Kubectl
             logs)' run-tests
         image: ci-operator:latest
         name: ""