diff --git a/utils/rapids-colab.sh b/utils/rapids-colab.sh
index e28b3961..fcd24f43 100644
--- a/utils/rapids-colab.sh
+++ b/utils/rapids-colab.sh
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ if (( $RAPIDS_RESULT >= 11 )) ;then
   echo "!wget -nc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapidsai/notebooks-contrib/master/utils/rapids-colab.sh"
   echo "!bash rapids-colab.sh"
   echo "import sys, os"
-  echo "dist_package_index = sys.path.index\('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages'\)"
+  echo "dist_package_index = sys.path.index('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages')"
   echo "sys.path = sys.path[:dist_package_index] + ['/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages'] + sys.path[dist_package_index:]"
   echo "sys.path"
-  echo "if os.path.exists\('update_pyarrow.py'\): ## Only exists if RAPIDS version is 0.11 or higher"
-  echo "  exec\(open\('update_pyarrow.py'\).read\(\), globals\(\)\)"
+  echo "if os.path.exists('update_pyarrow.py'): ## Only exists if RAPIDS version is 0.11 or higher"
+  echo "  exec(open('update_pyarrow.py').read(), globals())"
   echo "********************************************************************************************************"
   echo "Do you have the above version of the script running in your cell? (Y/N)"
   read response
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ if (( $RAPIDS_RESULT >= 11 )) ;then
     echo "!wget -nc https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapidsai/notebooks-contrib/master/utils/rapids-colab.sh"
     echo "!bash rapids-colab.sh"
     echo "import sys, os"
-    echo "dist_package_index = sys.path.index\('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages'\)"
+    echo "dist_package_index = sys.path.index('/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages')"
     echo "sys.path = sys.path[:dist_package_index] + ['/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages'] + sys.path[dist_package_index:]"
     echo "sys.path"
-    echo "if os.path.exists\('update_pyarrow.py'\): ## Only exists if RAPIDS version is 0.11 or higher"
-    echo "  exec\(open\('update_pyarrow.py'\).read\(\), globals\(\)\)"
+    echo "if os.path.exists('update_pyarrow.py'): ## Only exists if RAPIDS version is 0.11 or higher"
+    echo "  exec(open('update_pyarrow.py').read(), globals())"
     echo "********************************************************************************************************"
     rm rc2.sh
     echo "Please COPY the above code and RERUN the cell"