diff --git a/package/gconf/gconf.mk b/package/gconf/gconf.mk
index 39df95fbd2..60ced95e18 100644
--- a/package/gconf/gconf.mk
+++ b/package/gconf/gconf.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
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 GCONF_VERSION = 3.2.6
-GCONF_SOURCE = GConf-${GCONF_VERSION}.tar.xz
+GCONF_SOURCE = GConf-$(GCONF_VERSION).tar.xz
 GCONF_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/GConf/3.2
 GCONF_CONF_OPTS = --disable-orbit
 GCONF_DEPENDENCIES = dbus dbus-glib libglib2 libxml2 \