diff --git a/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt
index 617a723793..cf9d942f64 100644
--- a/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/rs-server/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ set(DEPENDENCIES ${DEPENDENCIES} realsense2 Threads::Threads)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-DNEWLOCALE_NOT_USED=1 -DBSD=1 -DSOCKLEN_T=socklen_t -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -DALLOW_RTSP_SERVER_PORT_REUSE=1 -DNO_OPENSSL=1 -latomic")
 
-SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} "-pthread")
+SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -pthread")
 
 set(LIVE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/third-party/live)