diff --git a/pkg/commands/os.go b/pkg/commands/os.go
index c23b48c82..08db71fbb 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/os.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/os.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
-	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 
@@ -171,7 +171,6 @@ func (c *OSCommand) PrepareSubProcess(cmdName string, commandArgs ...string) (*e
 
 // Quote wraps a message in platform-specific quotation marks
 func (c *OSCommand) Quote(message string) string {
-	r := regexp.MustCompile("`")
-	message = r.ReplaceAllString(message, "\\`")
+	message = strings.Replace(message, "`", "\\`", -1)
 	return c.Platform.escapedQuote + message + c.Platform.escapedQuote
 }