diff --git a/package/Makefile.in b/package/Makefile.in
index 5d591e9a43..bd73219bbf 100644
--- a/package/Makefile.in
+++ b/package/Makefile.in
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_BUILDROOT),y)
 TARGET_CROSS = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(GNU_TARGET_NAME)-
 else
-TARGET_CROSS = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_PREFIX))-
+TARGET_CROSS = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/$(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_PREFIX)-
 endif
 
 # Define TARGET_xx variables for all common binutils/gcc
diff --git a/package/wine/wine.mk b/package/wine/wine.mk
index d9a0ecf851..47ba90a214 100644
--- a/package/wine/wine.mk
+++ b/package/wine/wine.mk
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ WINE_CONF_OPTS = \
 # wrapper believes what the real gcc is named, and force the tuple of
 # the external toolchain, not the one we compute in GNU_TARGET_NAME.
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL),y)
-WINE_CONF_OPTS += TARGETFLAGS="-b $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_PREFIX))"
+WINE_CONF_OPTS += TARGETFLAGS="-b $(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_PREFIX)"
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB)$(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_SEQ)$(BR2_PACKAGE_ALSA_LIB_RAWMIDI),yyy)