diff --git a/macros.in b/macros.in
index 831fbf3f15..ca67b8ee8e 100644
--- a/macros.in
+++ b/macros.in
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ Supplements:   (%{name} = %{version}-%{release} and langpacks-%{1})\
 #
 %__gpg			@__GPG@
 %__gpg_sign_cmd			%{shescape:%{__gpg}} \
-	gpg --no-verbose --no-armor --no-secmem-warning \
+	--no-verbose --no-armor --no-secmem-warning \
 	%{?_gpg_path:--homedir %{shescape:%{_gpg_path}}} \
 	%{?_gpg_digest_algo:--digest-algo=%{_gpg_digest_algo}} \
 	%{?_gpg_sign_cmd_extra_args} \
@@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ Supplements:   (%{name} = %{version}-%{release} and langpacks-%{1})\
 
 %__sq @__SQ@
 %__sq_sign_cmd		%{shescape:%{__sq}} \
-	%{__sq} sign \
+	sign \
 	%{?_sq_path:--homedir %{shescape:%{_sq_path}}} \
         %{?_openpgp_sign_id:--signer-key %{_openpgp_sign_id}} \
 	%{?_sq_sign_cmd_extra_args} \
diff --git a/sign/rpmgensig.cc b/sign/rpmgensig.cc
index c07ac535ed..5d6455cb7b 100644
--- a/sign/rpmgensig.cc
+++ b/sign/rpmgensig.cc
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int runGPG(sigTarget sigt, const char *sigfile)
 	dup2(pipefd[0], STDIN_FILENO);
 	close(pipefd[1]);
 
-	rc = execve(argv[0], argv+1, environ);
+	rc = execve(argv[0], argv, environ);
 
 	rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, _("Could not exec %s: %s\n"), argv[0],
 		strerror(errno));