diff --git a/cluster/aws/templates/download-release.sh b/cluster/aws/templates/download-release.sh
index e24e82063e6..9859a03f29c 100644
--- a/cluster/aws/templates/download-release.sh
+++ b/cluster/aws/templates/download-release.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 # master and run.
 
 echo "Downloading binary release tar ($SERVER_BINARY_TAR_URL)"
-wget "$SERVER_BINARY_TAR_URL" .
+wget "$SERVER_BINARY_TAR_URL"
 
 echo "Downloading binary release tar ($SALT_TAR_URL)"
-wget "$SALT_TAR_URL" .
+wget "$SALT_TAR_URL"
 
 echo "Unpacking Salt tree"
 rm -rf kubernetes