diff --git a/fix/fixer_galaxy_command.go b/fix/fixer_galaxy_command.go
index 781ae216e..599f6b611 100644
--- a/fix/fixer_galaxy_command.go
+++ b/fix/fixer_galaxy_command.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package fix
 
 import (
-	"strings"
-
 	"github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure"
 )
 
@@ -15,13 +13,6 @@ func (FixerGalaxyCommand) Fix(input map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interfac
 		Provisioners []interface{}
 	}
 
-	var gcUnescape = strings.NewReplacer(
-		"`$", "$",
-		"`\"", "\"",
-		"``", "`",
-		"`'", "'",
-	)
-
 	// Decode the input into our structure, if we can
 	var tpl template
 	if err := mapstructure.WeakDecode(input, &tpl); err != nil {
@@ -35,12 +26,11 @@ func (FixerGalaxyCommand) Fix(input map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interfac
 			continue
 		}
 
-		if ok := provisioners["type"] == "ansible*" || provisioners["type"] == "ansible-local"; !ok {
+		if ok := provisioners["type"] == "ansible-local"; !ok {
 			continue
 		}
 
 		if _, ok := provisioners["galaxy_command"]; ok {
-			provisioners["galaxy_command"] = gcUnescape.Replace(provisioners["galaxy_command"].(string))
 
 			// drop galaxycommand if it is also included
 			if _, galaxyCommandIncluded := provisioners["galaxycommand"]; galaxyCommandIncluded {
@@ -54,7 +44,11 @@ func (FixerGalaxyCommand) Fix(input map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interfac
 			if !ok {
 				continue
 			}
-			galaxyCommandString := gcUnescape.Replace(galaxyCommandRaw.(string))
+
+			galaxyCommandString, ok := galaxyCommandRaw.(string)
+			if !ok {
+				continue
+			}
 
 			delete(provisioners, "galaxycommand")
 			provisioners["galaxy_command"] = galaxyCommandString
@@ -72,5 +66,5 @@ func (FixerGalaxyCommand) Fix(input map[string]interface{}) (map[string]interfac
 }
 
 func (FixerGalaxyCommand) Synopsis() string {
-	return `Removes escapes from user env vars and updates provisioners to use "galaxy_command" rather than "galaxycommand"`
+	return `Replaces "galaxycommad" in ansible-local provisioner configs with "galaxy_command"`
 }
diff --git a/fix/fixer_galaxy_command_test.go b/fix/fixer_galaxy_command_test.go
index 6d965142e..c052a10c9 100644
--- a/fix/fixer_galaxy_command_test.go
+++ b/fix/fixer_galaxy_command_test.go
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ func TestFixerGalaxyCommand_Fix(t *testing.T) {
 		// set galaxy_command
 		{
 			Input: map[string]interface{}{
-				"type":           "ansible",
+				"type":           "ansible-local",
 				"galaxy_command": "/usr/local/bin/ansible-galaxy",
 			},
 
 			Expected: map[string]interface{}{
-				"type":           "ansible",
+				"type":           "ansible-local",
 				"galaxy_command": "/usr/local/bin/ansible-galaxy",
 			},
 		},