diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php
index d3e7ee175..a8f0c4ad4 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/SvnDriver.php
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ class SvnDriver extends VcsDriver
         $processExecutor = new ProcessExecutor($io);
 
         $exit = $processExecutor->execute(
-            "svn info --non-interactive ".ProcessExecutor::escape('{'.$url.'}'),
+            "svn info --non-interactive ".ProcessExecutor::escape($url),
             $ignoredOutput
         );