diff --git a/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh b/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
index dc9d29a6537..589a335f015 100755
--- a/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
+++ b/cluster/get-kube-binaries.sh
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ function download_tarball() {
   mkdir -p "${download_path}"
 
   if [[ $(which gsutil) ]] && [[ "$url" =~ ^https://storage.googleapis.com/.* ]]; then
-    gsutil cp "${url//'https://storage.googleapis.com/'/'gs://'}" "${download_path}/${file}"
+    gsutil cp "${url//'https://storage.googleapis.com/'/gs://}" "${download_path}/${file}"
   elif [[ $(which curl) ]]; then
     # if the url belongs to GCS API we should use oauth2_token in the headers
     curl_headers=""
diff --git a/cluster/get-kube.sh b/cluster/get-kube.sh
index f6a3419885e..d3075f687e6 100755
--- a/cluster/get-kube.sh
+++ b/cluster/get-kube.sh
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ fi
 
 if "${need_download}"; then
   if [[ $(which gsutil) ]] && [[ "$kubernetes_tar_url" =~ ^https://storage.googleapis.com/.* ]]; then
-    gsutil cp "${kubernetes_tar_url//'https://storage.googleapis.com/'/'gs://'}" "${file}"
+    gsutil cp "${kubernetes_tar_url//'https://storage.googleapis.com/'/gs://}" "${file}"
   elif [[ $(which curl) ]]; then
     # if the url belongs to GCS API we should use oauth2_token in the headers
     curl_headers=""