diff --git a/leap-upgrades/lib/vars.sh b/leap-upgrades/lib/vars.sh
index ac64a3d6..e15d9c71 100644
--- a/leap-upgrades/lib/vars.sh
+++ b/leap-upgrades/lib/vars.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export REDEPLOY_OA_FOLDER="${REDEPLOY_OA_FOLDER:-/opt/openstack-ansible}"
 export SYSTEM_PATH="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )"/../ && pwd )"
 export UPGRADE_UTILS="${UPGRADE_UTILS:-${SYSTEM_PATH}/upgrade-utilities}"
 
-# If the the OpenStack-Ansible system venvs have already been built elsewhere and can be downloaded
+# If the OpenStack-Ansible system venvs have already been built elsewhere and can be downloaded
 #  set the "VENV_URL" environment variable to the path where the venvs are kept. When running stage1
 #  this URL will be used to download the release built VENVS in the following format.
 #  ${VENV_URL}/openstack-ansible-RELEASE_VERSION.tgz