diff --git a/judge/judgedaemon.main.php b/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
index f38b2013733..2f530aeac43 100644
--- a/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
+++ b/judge/judgedaemon.main.php
@@ -418,13 +418,15 @@ function fetch_executable_internal(
                         // no main class detection here
                         $buildscript .= "echo 'COMPARE_DIR=\$(dirname \"\$0\")' >> run\n";
                         $mainClass = basename($unescapedSource, '.java');
-                        $buildscript .= "echo 'java -cp \"\$COMPARE_DIR\" $mainClass \"\\\$@\"' >> run\n";
+                        // Note: since the $@ is within single quotes, we do not need to double escape it.
+                        $buildscript .= "echo 'java -cp \"\$COMPARE_DIR\" $mainClass \"\$@\"' >> run\n";
                         $buildscript .= "chmod +x run\n";
                         break;
                     case 'py':
                         $buildscript .= "echo '#!/bin/sh' > run\n";
                         $buildscript .= "echo 'COMPARE_DIR=\$(dirname \"\$0\")' >> run\n";
-                        $buildscript .= "echo 'python3 \$COMPARE_DIR/$source' \"\\\$@\" >> run\n";
+                        // Note: since the $@ is within single quotes, we do not need to double escape it.
+                        $buildscript .= "echo 'python3 \$COMPARE_DIR/$source' \"\$@\" >> run\n";
                         $buildscript .= "chmod +x run\n";
                         break;
                 }