diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 95d80bf3c3..1d8dec2fef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ stages:
     - test -w "${CCACHE_DIR}" && export PATH="/usr/lib/ccache:${PATH}"
     - autoreconf -fi
   script:
-    - ./configure --enable-developer --with-randomdev=/dev/urandom --with-libtool --disable-static --with-cmocka --with-libidn2 --prefix=$HOME/.local --without-make-clean "${EXTRA_CONFIGURE}" || cat config.log
+    - ./configure --enable-developer --with-randomdev=/dev/urandom --with-libtool --disable-static --with-cmocka --with-libidn2 --prefix=$HOME/.local --without-make-clean ${EXTRA_CONFIGURE} || cat config.log
     - make -j${PARALLEL_JOBS_BUILD:-1} -k all V=1
   artifacts:
     paths: