diff --git a/ci/setup_spack.sh b/ci/setup_spack.sh
index 14f14482a4ea7b9f70fd6e74396a2abf6b56a684..6f4efe3590795e42e272dd60432bcc35f2c76d3b 100755
--- a/ci/setup_spack.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_spack.sh
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ do
   done
 done
 
-if [ -d cp -r "${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}/templates" ${SPACK_SYSTEM_CONFIG_PATH} ]
+if [ -d "${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}/templates" ]
 then
    cp -r "${STACK_CONFIG_PATH}/templates" ${STACK_LOCATION}/spack/share/spack
 fi