diff --git a/.github/filter-jvm-tests-json.sh b/.github/filter-jvm-tests-json.sh
index b0439a96b2874..9ba5707a29639 100755
--- a/.github/filter-jvm-tests-json.sh
+++ b/.github/filter-jvm-tests-json.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
 
 # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65384420/how-to-make-a-github-action-matrix-element-conditional
 
-# ${{ github.repository }} is an access to the github context - see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#github-context
-repoName=$(echo '${{ github.repository }}')
+repoName=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}
 
 if [[ $repoName == "quarkusio/quarkus" ]]
 then