diff --git a/.github/scripts/find_new_boards.sh b/.github/scripts/find_new_boards.sh
index e09a2ae97a7..56e1493cb8c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/find_new_boards.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/find_new_boards.sh
@@ -86,5 +86,5 @@ then
     echo $json_matrix
     echo "FQBNS=${json_matrix}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 else
-    echo "FQBNS=''" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    echo "FQBNS=" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/boards.yml b/.github/workflows/boards.yml
index e437936e6f1..05755be0a90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/boards.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/boards.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
   test-boards:
     needs: find-boards
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ needs.find-boards.outputs.fqbns != '' }}
+    if: needs.find-boards.outputs.fqbns != ''
 
     env:
       REPOSITORY: |