diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/time64.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/time64.inc
index 5c53356d4f..2e7278292c 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/time64.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/time64.inc
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS = "-D_TIME_BITS=64 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
+GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS = " -D_TIME_BITS=64 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
 
 # Only needed for some 32-bit architectures, some relatively newer
 # architectures do not need it ( e.g. riscv32 )
-TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:arm = " ${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}"
-TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:armeb = " ${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}"
-TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:mipsarcho32 = " ${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}"
-TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:powerpc = " ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm32', '${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}', '', d)}"
-TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:x86 = " ${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm32', '${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}', '', d)}"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:arm = "${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:armeb = "${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:mipsarcho32 = "${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:powerpc = "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm32', '${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}', '', d)}"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH:append:x86 = "${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'm32', '${GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS}', '', d)}"
 
 GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS:pn-glibc = ""
 GLIBC_64BIT_TIME_FLAGS:pn-glibc-tests = ""