diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 579c6e6ef7..7102aa6e0c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ lint:
       }
     - apt-get -qy update
     - apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends exiftool
-    - exiftool -all= `find metadata/ -name '*.jp*g' -o -name '*.png'`
+    - find metadata/ -name '*.jp*g' -o -name '*.png' | xargs exiftool -all=
     - echo "these images have EXIF that must be stripped:"
     - git --no-pager diff --stat
     - git --no-pager diff --name-only --exit-code || export EXITVALUE=1