diff --git a/priv/templates/Makefile b/priv/templates/Makefile
index fdeb3be6f..1e9b6cbb8 100644
--- a/priv/templates/Makefile
+++ b/priv/templates/Makefile
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ BASEDIR := $(abspath $(CURDIR)/..)
 PROJECT ?= $(notdir $(BASEDIR))
 PROJECT := $(strip $(PROJECT))
 
-ERTS_INCLUDE_DIR ?= $(shell erl -noshell -s init stop -eval "io:format(\"~ts/erts-~ts/include/\", [code:root_dir(), erlang:system_info(version)]).")
-ERL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIR ?= $(shell erl -noshell -s init stop -eval "io:format(\"~ts\", [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, include)]).")
-ERL_INTERFACE_LIB_DIR ?= $(shell erl -noshell -s init stop -eval "io:format(\"~ts\", [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, lib)]).")
+ERTS_INCLUDE_DIR ?= $(shell erl -noshell -eval "io:format(\"~ts/erts-~ts/include/\", [code:root_dir(), erlang:system_info(version)])." -s init stop)
+ERL_INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIR ?= $(shell erl -noshell -eval "io:format(\"~ts\", [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, include)])." -s init stop)
+ERL_INTERFACE_LIB_DIR ?= $(shell erl -noshell -eval "io:format(\"~ts\", [code:lib_dir(erl_interface, lib)])." -s init stop)
 
 C_SRC_DIR = $(CURDIR)
 C_SRC_OUTPUT ?= $(CURDIR)/../priv/$(PROJECT).so