diff --git a/examples/launch/mp3play b/examples/launch/mp3play
index 3c0a039135..e8793918b1 100755
--- a/examples/launch/mp3play
+++ b/examples/launch/mp3play
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #/usr/bin/sh
-echo gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$1" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! fakesink
+gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$1" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! fakesink
diff --git a/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play b/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play
index 3c0a039135..e8793918b1 100755
--- a/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play
+++ b/tests/old/examples/launch/mp3play
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #/usr/bin/sh
-echo gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$1" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! fakesink
+gstreamer-launch disksrc "location=$1" ! mp3parse ! mpg123 ! fakesink