diff --git a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
index 623f39da66..4e416c0c85 100644
--- a/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
+++ b/meta-poky/conf/distro/poky.conf
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ PREFERRED_VERSION_linux-yocto-rt ?= "5.10%"
 SDK_NAME = "${DISTRO}-${TCLIBC}-${SDKMACHINE}-${IMAGE_BASENAME}-${TUNE_PKGARCH}-${MACHINE}"
 SDKPATH = "/opt/${DISTRO}/${SDK_VERSION}"
 
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += " ${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
-DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += " ${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RDEPENDS += "${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RDEPENDS}"
+DISTRO_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "${POKY_DEFAULT_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS}"
 
 TCLIBCAPPEND = ""