diff --git a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile
index c3e2f096a9..86483cab89 100644
--- a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-dpl/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/qoriq-open-source/dpl-examples.git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a6c83759c0d9c02822eec89e86357a0998ef51d4
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=d0311591843fbf9faebc7e2f0d53cba47d42ef21c4407c5881f354df6c458ce5
 
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
diff --git a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile
index eb58dd70a4..a81e095638 100644
--- a/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile
+++ b/package/firmware/layerscape/ls-mc/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/qoriq-open-source/mc-binary.git
 PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=824745fe1580b281bebb808321c3f41353a3140a
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=984c7905af3a4b87b72263de9220901c531fe064f0b89dd2882676354e09ed16
 
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_BUILD_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared