diff --git a/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb b/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb
index 4d47d2e..5e6bb07 100644
--- a/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb
+++ b/lib/rbpkg/repo.rb
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Rbpkg::Repo
end
def make_cmd
- "${make} -j #{Rbpkg.ncpu}"
+ "#{make} -j #{Rbpkg.ncpu}"
end
def checkout(branch)