diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 11a85b55..99cf7e8d 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_R}" == "true" ]; then
   # Lint the R files   #
   ######################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILE_ARRAY"
-  LintCodebase  "R" "lintr" "lintr::lint('$File') ".*\.\(r\|R\|Rmd\|rmd\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_R[@]}"
+  LintCodebase  "R" "lintr" "lintr::lint('$File')" ".*\.\(r\|R\|Rmd\|rmd\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_R[@]}"
 fi
 
 ################