diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd272b5f2d..f2e349f27f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -373,8 +373,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_PURGE),y)
 LOCALE_WHITELIST=$(PROJECT_BUILD_DIR)/locales.nopurge
-LOCALE_NOPURGE=$(strip $(subst ",,$(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST)))
-#"))
+LOCALE_NOPURGE=$(call qstrip,$(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE_WHITELIST))
 
 target-purgelocales:
 	rm -f $(LOCALE_WHITELIST)