diff --git a/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh b/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh
index 667f33b4..da34adf0 100755
--- a/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh
+++ b/scripts/init-submodules-no-riscv-tools.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ git config --unset submodule.vlsi/hammer-cadence-plugins.update
 git config --unset submodule.vlsi/hammer-synopsys-plugins.update
 git config --unset submodule.vlsi/hammer-mentor-plugins.update
 
-if [ "NO_FIRESIM" = false ]; then
+if [ $NO_FIRESIM = false ]; then
   # Renable firesim and init only the required submodules to provide
   # all required scala deps, without doing a full build-setup
   git config --unset submodule.sims/firesim.update