diff --git a/manifests/virtualenv.pp b/manifests/virtualenv.pp
index 282742b9..95fe1f7a 100644
--- a/manifests/virtualenv.pp
+++ b/manifests/virtualenv.pp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     # and the flag --no-site-packages had to be passed to do the opposite
     if (( versioncmp($::virtualenv_version,'1.7') > 0 ) and ( $systempkgs == true )) {
       $system_pkgs_flag = '--system-site-packages'
-    } elsif (( versioncmp($::virtualenv_version,'1.7') < { 0 ) and ( $systempkgs == false )) {
+    } elsif (( versioncmp($::virtualenv_version,'1.7') < 0 ) and ( $systempkgs == false )) {
       $system_pkgs_flag = '--no-site-packages'
     } else {
       $system_pkgs_flag = ''