diff --git a/rc/base/ctags.kak b/rc/base/ctags.kak
index a4043769..41c18ced 100644
--- a/rc/base/ctags.kak
+++ b/rc/base/ctags.kak
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ If no symbol is passed then the current selection is used as symbol name} \
 
 def tag-complete -docstring "Insert completion candidates for the current selection into the buffer's local variables" %{ eval -draft %{
     exec <space>hb<a-k>^\w+$<ret>
-    %sh{ (
+    %sh{ {
         compl=$(readtags -p "$kak_selection" | cut -f 1 | sort | uniq | sed -e 's/:/\\:/g' | sed -e 's/\n/:/g' )
         compl="${kak_cursor_line}.${kak_cursor_column}+${#kak_selection}@${kak_timestamp}:${compl}"
         printf %s\\n "set buffer=$kak_bufname ctags_completions '${compl}'" | kak -p ${kak_session}
-    ) > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & }
+    } > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & }
 }}
 
 def ctags-funcinfo -docstring "Display ctags information about a selected function" %{
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ decl str ctagspaths "."
 
 def ctags-generate -docstring 'Generate tag file asynchronously' %{
     echo -color Information "launching tag generation in the background"
-    %sh{ (
+    %sh{ {
         while ! mkdir .tags.kaklock 2>/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
         trap 'rmdir .tags.kaklock' EXIT
 
@@ -89,11 +89,11 @@ def ctags-generate -docstring 'Generate tag file asynchronously' %{
         fi
 
         printf %s\\n "eval -client $kak_client echo -color Information '${msg}'" | kak -p ${kak_session}
-    ) > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & }
+    } > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & }
 }
 
 def update-tags -docstring 'Update tags for the given file' %{
-    %sh{ (
+    %sh{ {
         while ! mkdir .tags.kaklock 2>/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
             trap 'rmdir .tags.kaklock' EXIT
 
@@ -109,5 +109,5 @@ def update-tags -docstring 'Update tags for the given file' %{
         fi
 
         printf %s\\n "eval -client $kak_client echo -color Information '${msg}'" | kak -p ${kak_session}
-    ) > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & }
+    } > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null & }
 }