diff --git a/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml b/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml
index 4c5e0df..6e5c54f 100644
--- a/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml
+++ b/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ spec:
         - --skip-tls-verify
         - --verbosity=info
         - --reproducible
-        {{- $args := splitList " " .Params.kanikoArgs }}
-        {{- range $args }}
+        {{- range splitList " " .Params.kanikoArgs }}
         - {{ . }}
         {{- end }}