diff --git a/package/boost/boost.mk b/package/boost/boost.mk
index 4bbc86904..4577f2dcc 100644
--- a/package/boost/boost.mk
+++ b/package/boost/boost.mk
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ BOOST_FLAGS += $(if $(BOOST_WITHOUT_FLAGS_COMMASEPERATED), --without-libraries=$
 
 define BOOST_CONFIGURE_CMDS
 	(cd $(@D) && ./bootstrap.sh $(BOOST_FLAGS))
-	echo "using gcc : $(TARGET_CC_VERSION) : \"$(TARGET_CXX)\" : <cxxflags>\"$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)\" <linkflags>\"$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)\" ;" > $(@D)/user-config.jam
+	echo "using gcc : $(TARGET_CC_VERSION) : $(TARGET_CXX) : <cxxflags>\"$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)\" <linkflags>\"$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)\" ;" > $(@D)/user-config.jam
 	echo "" >> $(@D)/user-config.jam
 endef