diff --git a/assets/runtime/functions b/assets/runtime/functions
index 1d3735b7..18136582 100644
--- a/assets/runtime/functions
+++ b/assets/runtime/functions
@@ -777,8 +777,7 @@ gitlab_configure_backups() {
     GITLAB_BACKUP_PG_SCHEMA \
     GITLAB_BACKUP_ARCHIVE_PERMISSIONS
   gitlab_configure_backups_schedule
-  BACKUP_ACTIVE=(${AWS_BACKUPS} OR ${GCS_BACKUPS})
-  if [[ ${BACKUP_ACTIVE} == false ]]; then
+  if [[ -z ${AWS_BACKUPS} || -z ${GCS_BACKUPS} ]]; then
     exec_as_git sed -i "/upload:/,/#end-gcs/d" ${GITLAB_CONFIG}
     return 0
   fi