diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a5d07fe65..8b8d6f56d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -159,12 +159,13 @@ frontend build:
   retry: 2
   interruptible: true
 
+# TODO rename to uniworx?
 backend build:
   stage: build
   cache:
     - *stack-cache
   script:
-    - "nix shell .#gnumake .#coreutils .#stack .#tzdata --command \"prepare-env && make bin/uniworx\""
+    - nix shell .#gnumake .#coreutils .#stack .#tzdata --command "prepare-env && make bin/uniworx"
     - cp $(stack path --dist-dir)/build/hlint/hlint bin/test-hlint
     - cp $(stack path --dist-dir)/build/yesod/yesod bin/test-yesod
   before_script: *nix-before
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ backend build:
 uniworxdb:
   stage: build
   script:
-    - "nix shell .#gnumake .#coreutils .#stack .#tzdata --command \"prepare-env && make bin/uniworxdb\""
+    - nix shell .#gnumake .#coreutils .#stack .#tzdata --command "prepare-env && make bin/uniworxdb"
   before_script: *nix-before
   needs:
     - job: node modules # transitive