diff --git a/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg b/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
index ba5c20c..b01a86e 100755
--- a/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
+++ b/meta/git/hooks/commit-msg
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ done
 BKP_IFS="$IFS"
 IFS='
 '
-for line in $($body); do
+for line in $body; do
 	[[ ${#line} -le 72 ]] || die "Body lines too long. (<= 72)\n"
 done
 IFS="$BKP_IFS"