diff --git a/Installation/Debian/rc.arangodb b/Installation/Debian/rc.arangodb
index 9a24fff180..eb529cb101 100755
--- a/Installation/Debian/rc.arangodb
+++ b/Installation/Debian/rc.arangodb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ start () {
     test -d $PIDDIR || mkdir $PIDDIR
     chown arangodb $PIDDIR
 
-    if [ "x$1" == "x--upgrade" ]; then
+    if [ "$1" = "--upgrade" ]; then
       $DAEMON -c $CONF $@
     else
       $DAEMON -c $CONF --pid-file "$PIDFILE" --supervisor $@
diff --git a/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Centos b/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Centos
index 78842623c5..64f2d76d43 100644
--- a/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Centos
+++ b/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Centos
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ start() {
   ARANGO_PIDDIR=`dirname $pidfile`
   test -d $ARANGO_PIDDIR || (mkdir $ARANGO_PIDDIR && chown arangodb $ARANGO_PIDDIR)
 
-  if [ "$1" == "--upgrade" ];  then
+  if [ "$1" = "--upgrade" ];  then
     $ARANGO_BIN -c $ARANGO_SYSCONFIG $@
   else
     $ARANGO_BIN -c $ARANGO_SYSCONFIG --pid-file "$pidfile" --supervisor $@
diff --git a/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.OpenSuSE b/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.OpenSuSE
index 7ecdc46d74..28e72f209f 100644
--- a/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.OpenSuSE
+++ b/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.OpenSuSE
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ start () {
     ARANGO_PIDDIR=`dirname $ARANGO_PIDFILE`
     test -d $ARANGO_PIDDIR || (mkdir $ARANGO_PIDDIR && chown arangodb $ARANGO_PIDDIR)
  
-    if [ "x$1" == "x--upgrade" ];  then
+    if [ "$1" = "--upgrade" ];  then
       $ARANGO_BIN -c $ARANGO_SYSCONFIG $@ 
     else
       startproc $ARANGO_BIN -c $ARANGO_SYSCONFIG --pid-file "$ARANGO_PIDFILE" --supervisor $@ 
diff --git a/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Ubuntu b/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Ubuntu
index 207cea9b0f..18dcce1588 100644
--- a/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Ubuntu
+++ b/Installation/Linux/rc.arangod.Ubuntu
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ start () {
     test -d $PIDDIR || mkdir $PIDDIR
     chown arangodb $PIDDIR
 
-    if [ "x$1" == "x--upgrade" ]; then
+    if [ "$1" = "--upgrade" ]; then
       $DAEMON -c $CONF $@
     else
       $DAEMON -c $CONF --pid-file "$PIDFILE" --supervisor $@