diff --git a/.circleci/generate.sh b/.circleci/generate.sh
index 1e5742d5c6..f578ce992e 100755
--- a/.circleci/generate.sh
+++ b/.circleci/generate.sh
@@ -255,8 +255,8 @@ delete_job()
     sed -Ei.bak "/^    - ${2}/d" "$1"
   }
   file="$BASEDIR/$1"
-  delete_yaml_block "$file" "${2}"
-  delete_yaml_block "$file" "start_${2}"
+  delete_yaml_block "$file" "${2}:"
+  delete_yaml_block "$file" "start_${2}:"
 }
 
 # Define function to remove any unneeded repeated jobs.