diff --git a/src/evalvars.c b/src/evalvars.c
index d4dd0ad..70bb6da 100644
--- a/src/evalvars.c
+++ b/src/evalvars.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
     if (evaluate)
     {
 	*block_end = NUL;
-	expr_val = eval_to_string(block_start, TRUE, FALSE);
+	expr_val = eval_to_string(block_start, FALSE, FALSE);
 	*block_end = '}';
 	if (expr_val == NULL)
 	    return NULL;