diff --git a/rclone.sh b/rclone.sh
index 1f0d3b6..d6e0232 100644
--- a/rclone.sh
+++ b/rclone.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ function gzipVMbackups {
     	# create the tar and pipe into pigz for multi-threaded gzip
     	tar cf - "${base}" | pigz > "${dir%/}.gz"
     	# if the tar/gzip was successful, delete the backup directory
-    	if [[ $? -eq 0 ]] && [[ -f "${dir%/}.gz" ]]; then
+    	if [ $? -eq 0 ] && [ -f "${dir%/}.gz" ]; then
     		rm -rf "${dir}"
         fi
     done