1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/repo.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/repo.py
index 21678eb7d9..fd64b7e626 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/repo.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch2/repo.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Repo(FetchMethod):
         if scmdata == "keep":
             tar_flags = ""
         else:
-            tar_flags = "--exclude '.repo' --exclude '.git'"
+            tar_flags = "--exclude='.repo' --exclude='.git'"
 
         # Create a cache
         runfetchcmd("tar %s -czf %s %s" % (tar_flags, ud.localpath, os.path.join(".", "*") ), d)