diff --git a/pkg b/pkg
index e3a2991dfc..939bce6984 100755
--- a/pkg
+++ b/pkg
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ while (( "$#" )); do
 		# where <service> is the name of the specific service to be chained. The file may be a symlink to another
 		# compose file, in which case the symlink will be followed before it is processed.
 		if [ -e "$COMPOSE_FILE.$1" ] ; then
-			$SELF -f $(realpath -e "$COMPOSE_FILE.$1") $([ "$verbose" == 0 ] || echo "-v") $([ "$quiet" == 0 ] || echo "-q") $([ "$debug" == 0 ] || echo "-d") $([ "$build" == 0 ] || echo "-b") $("${COMPOSECMD[@]}" -f $(realpath -e "$COMPOSE_FILE.$1") config --services)
+			$SELF -f $(realpath "$COMPOSE_FILE.$1") $([ "$verbose" == 0 ] || echo "-v") $([ "$quiet" == 0 ] || echo "-q") $([ "$debug" == 0 ] || echo "-d") $([ "$build" == 0 ] || echo "-b") $("${COMPOSECMD[@]}" -f $(realpath "$COMPOSE_FILE.$1") config --services)
 			chained_exit=$?
 			[ $chained_exit == 0 ] || exit $chained_exit
 		fi