diff --git a/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh b/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh
index 3b805e9f..6ebc11fa 100644
--- a/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh
+++ b/src/main/bash/sdkman-env.sh
@@ -29,15 +29,12 @@ function __sdk_env {
 
   while IFS= read -r line || [[ -n $line ]]; do
     if [[ ! $line =~ ^([[:lower:]]+)=(.+)$ ]]; then
-      __sdkman_echo_red "${sdkmanrc}:${line_number}: Invalid candidate entry format! Expected 'candidate=version' but found '$line'"
+      __sdkman_echo_red "${sdkmanrc}:${line_number}: Invalid candidate format! Expected 'candidate=version' but found '$line'"
 
       return 1
     fi
 
-    local candidate=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
-    local version=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
-
-    __sdk_use "$candidate" "$version"
+    __sdk_use "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" "${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
 
     ((line_number++))
   done < "$sdkmanrc"