diff --git a/main/perl-net-smtp-ssl/APKBUILD b/main/perl-net-smtp-ssl/APKBUILD
index 6bce8fbae5a..c9e81408465 100644
--- a/main/perl-net-smtp-ssl/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/perl-net-smtp-ssl/APKBUILD
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ source="https://cpan.metacpan.org/authors/id/R/RJ/RJBS/$_pkgreal-$pkgver.tar.gz"
 builddir="$srcdir/$_pkgreal-$pkgver"
 
 prepare() {
-	export CFLAGS=`perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}'`
+	export CFLAGS=$(perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}')
 	PERL_MM_USE_DEFAULT=1 perl Makefile.PL INSTALLDIRS=vendor
 }
 
 build() {
-	export CFLAGS=`perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}'`
+	export CFLAGS=$(perl -MConfig -E 'say $Config{ccflags}')
 	make
 }