diff --git a/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml b/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml
index 099812f..e972344 100644
--- a/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml
+++ b/tasks/docker-registry/task.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ spec:
         - --skip-tls-verify
         - --verbosity=info
         - --reproducible
-        {{- $items := splitList " " .Params.kanikoArgs }}
-        {{- range $items }}
+        {{- range ( split " " .Params.kanikoArgs ) }}
         - {{ . }}
         {{- end }}