diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index fa7e41d0..4c1a5b08 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash -x
+#!/bin/bash
 # shellcheck disable=SC1003,SC2016
 
 ################################################################################
@@ -1752,7 +1752,7 @@ LintCodebase()
         # Lint the file with the rules #
         ################################
         # Need to append "'" to make the pwsh call syntax correct, also exit with exit code from inner subshell
-        LINT_CMD=$(cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$TEST_CASE_FOLDER" || exit; $LINTER_COMMAND "$FILE"; exit $?\' 2>&1)
+        LINT_CMD=$(cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$TEST_CASE_FOLDER" || exit; $LINTER_COMMAND "$FILE"; exit $? 2>&1)
       else
         ################################
         # Lint the file with the rules #
@@ -1930,7 +1930,7 @@ TestCodebase()
       # Lint the file with the rules #
       ################################
       # Need to append "'" to make the pwsh call syntax correct, also exit with exit code from inner subshell
-      LINT_CMD=$(cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$TEST_CASE_FOLDER" || exit; $LINTER_COMMAND "$FILE"; exit $?\' 2>&1)
+      LINT_CMD=$(cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/$TEST_CASE_FOLDER" || exit; $LINTER_COMMAND "$FILE"; exit $? 2>&1)
     else
       ################################
       # Lint the file with the rules #
@@ -2107,7 +2107,7 @@ RunTestCases()
   TestCodebase "DOCKER" "/dockerfilelint/bin/dockerfilelint" "/dockerfilelint/bin/dockerfilelint" ".*\(Dockerfile\)\$"
   TestCodebase "ANSIBLE" "ansible-lint" "ansible-lint -v -c $ANSIBLE_LINTER_RULES" "ansible-lint"
   TestCodebase "TERRAFORM" "tflint" "tflint -c $TERRAFORM_LINTER_RULES" ".*\.\(tf\)\$"
-  TestCodebase "POWERSHELL" "pwsh" "pwsh -c 'Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -EnableExit -Settings $POWERSHELL_LINTER_RULES -Path" ".*\.\(ps1\|psm1\|psd1\|ps1xml\|pssc\|psrc\|cdxml\)\$"
+  TestCodebase "POWERSHELL" "pwsh" "pwsh -c Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -EnableExit -Settings $POWERSHELL_LINTER_RULES -Path" ".*\.\(ps1\|psm1\|psd1\|ps1xml\|pssc\|psrc\|cdxml\)\$"
   TestCodebase "CSS" "stylelint" "stylelint --config $CSS_LINTER_RULES" ".*\.\(css\)\$"
   TestCodebase "ENV" "dotenv-linter" "dotenv-linter" ".*\.\(env\)\$"
 
@@ -2427,8 +2427,7 @@ if [ "$VALIDATE_POWERSHELL" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the powershell files #
   #############################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILE_ARRAY"
-  # NOTE: the offset of the missing "'" is taken care of in the loop logic
-  LintCodebase "POWERSHELL" "pwsh" "pwsh -c 'Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -EnableExit -Settings $POWERSHELL_LINTER_RULES -Path" ".*\.\(ps1\|psm1\|psd1\|ps1xml\|pssc\|psrc\|cdxml\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_POWERSHELL[@]}"
+  LintCodebase "POWERSHELL" "pwsh" "pwsh -c Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -EnableExit -Settings $POWERSHELL_LINTER_RULES -Path" ".*\.\(ps1\|psm1\|psd1\|ps1xml\|pssc\|psrc\|cdxml\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_POWERSHELL[@]}"
 fi
 
 ##########