diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheeltest.yml b/.github/workflows/wheeltest.yml
index 97b07202..5701b8ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheeltest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheeltest.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ jobs:
           text=$(git log -1 --no-merges --pretty=%B)
           # Read the commit message into an array split by "#".
           echo $(echo $text|tr -d '\n')
-          IFS="#" read name commit_args <<< $(echo $text|tr -d '\n')
+          commit_args=${text#*#}
           # Sanity check.
           echo "Arguments are:"
-          echo $name
           echo $commit_args
           # Add tags and overwrite "checking" variable to true if there are tags.
           if [[ "${commit_args}" == *"@"*  ]]; then