diff --git a/coreutils/PKGBUILD b/coreutils/PKGBUILD
index e2882a98a73..c42296e14e0 100644
--- a/coreutils/PKGBUILD
+++ b/coreutils/PKGBUILD
@@ -28,19 +28,19 @@ sha256sums=('155e94d748f8e2bc327c66e0cbebdb8d6ab265d2f37c3c928f7bf6c3beba9a8e'
 prepare() {
   cd ${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}
 
-  patch -p2 -i $srcdir/001-coreutils-8.26-2.src.patch
-  patch -p1 -i $srcdir/005-manifest.patch
-  patch -p1 -i $srcdir/006-msys1-0x0d.patch
-  patch -p1 -i $srcdir/008-msys2-src.patch
-  patch -p1 -i $srcdir/009-msysize.patch
+  patch -p2 -i ${srcdir}/001-coreutils-8.26-2.src.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/005-manifest.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/006-msys1-0x0d.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/008-msys2-src.patch
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/009-msysize.patch
 
   autoreconf -fi
   sed -i -e 's|\(libstdbuf\.so\)$(EXEEXT)|\1|g' Makefile.in
 }
 
 build() {
-  [[ -d $srcdir/build-${CHOST} ]] && rm -rf $srcdir/build-${CHOST}
-  mkdir -p $srcdir/build-${CHOST} && cd $srcdir/build-${CHOST}
+  [[ -d ${srcdir}/build-${CHOST} ]] && rm -rf ${srcdir}/build-${CHOST}
+  mkdir -p ${srcdir}/build-${CHOST} && cd ${srcdir}/build-${CHOST}
 
   ../${pkgname}-${pkgver}/configure \
     --build=${CHOST} \