diff --git a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/job.go b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/job.go
index 809dc142b21..b47421bade1 100644
--- a/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/job.go
+++ b/ray-operator/controllers/ray/common/job.go
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ func GetK8sJobCommand(rayJobInstance *rayv1.RayJob) ([]string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// "--" is used to separate the entrypoint from the Ray Job CLI command and its arguments.
-	entrypoint = strings.ReplaceAll(entrypoint, ";", "\\;")
 	k8sJobCommand = append(k8sJobCommand, "--", entrypoint, ";", "fi", ";")
 	k8sJobCommand = append(k8sJobCommand, jobFollowCommand...)