diff --git a/scripts/generate_guidance.py b/scripts/generate_guidance.py
index 8622384a..5d34e77f 100755
--- a/scripts/generate_guidance.py
+++ b/scripts/generate_guidance.py
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ EOS
 )
     if [[ -n "$compliance_args" ]]; then
         logmessage "Managed arguments found for compliance script, setting: $compliance_args"
-        eval "set -- $compliance_args"
+        set -- ${{(z)compliance_args}}
     fi
 fi