diff --git a/config/software/gitaly.rb b/config/software/gitaly.rb
index 16c92ac234a1597e304e776625e397670e4cc62a_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdGFseS5yYg==..e42f36caa22c0f16dccfc467468d6019bcb888e4_Y29uZmlnL3NvZnR3YXJlL2dpdGFseS5yYg== 100644
--- a/config/software/gitaly.rb
+++ b/config/software/gitaly.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   env['NEEDS_LIBICONV'] = 'YesPlease'
   env['NO_R_TO_GCC_LINKER'] = 'YesPlease'
   env['INSTALL_SYMLINKS'] = 'YesPlease'
-  env['CFLAGS'] = "\"#{git_cflags}\""
+  env['CFLAGS'] = git_cflags
 
   if Build::Check.use_system_ssl?
     env['CMAKE_FLAGS'] = OpenSSLHelper.cmake_flags