diff --git a/app-crypt/tc-play/tc-play-2.0-r1.ebuild b/app-crypt/tc-play/tc-play-2.0-r1.ebuild
index b8022d5f11a94..401465c26b698 100644
--- a/app-crypt/tc-play/tc-play-2.0-r1.ebuild
+++ b/app-crypt/tc-play/tc-play-2.0-r1.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2021 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2022 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=7
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ pkg_setup() {
 	EXTRA_MAKE_FLAGS=(
 		PBKDF_BACKEND="${backend}"
 		WARNFLAGS=""
-		CC=$(tc-getCC)
-		AR=$(tc-getAR)
-		PREFIX=/usr \
+		CC="$(tc-getCC)"
+		AR="$(tc-getAR)"
+		PREFIX=/usr
 		LIBDIR=/usr/$(get_libdir)
 	)
 }