diff --git a/genrule/genrule.go b/genrule/genrule.go
index 7695ffb..47d88c3 100644
--- a/genrule/genrule.go
+++ b/genrule/genrule.go
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@
 			}
 
 			// escape the command in case for example it contains '#', an odd number of '"', etc
-			command = fmt.Sprintf("bash -c %v", proptools.ShellEscape([]string{command})[0])
+			command = fmt.Sprintf("bash -c %v", proptools.ShellEscape(command))
 			commands = append(commands, command)
 		}
 		fullCommand := strings.Join(commands, " && ")