diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d42ab6e785b3019ea08424c3e79aa8660e368c3d..24e747d4ee2603918a5c369d6b388bd6d2d2c4dc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ values prior to the build, e.g.:
     export PKG_INCLUDE_FLAGS_OVERRIDE=-I/opt/local/include
     export PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE=-L/opt/local/lib
 
- Note that if more than once location must be specified, the values must be quoted, e.g., as in `export PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE="\"-Lpath1 -Lpath2\""`.
+ Note that if more than once location must be specified, the values must be quoted, e.g., as in `export PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE="-Lpath1 -Lpath2"`.
 
  The environment variable `JAVA_HOME` must be set to the location of the jvmci-enabled Java JDK.
 
diff --git a/ci_common/common.hocon b/ci_common/common.hocon
index ffa56d32454dda424815012c2addf39ef7e54db8..6bfb0d77ff328b4a9622f908c9de14c6506ee054 100644
--- a/ci_common/common.hocon
+++ b/ci_common/common.hocon
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ logfiles : [
 pkgEnvironment: {
   environment : {
     PKG_INCLUDE_FLAGS_OVERRIDE : """-I/cm/shared/apps/zlib/1.2.8/include -I/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/include -I/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/include -I/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.38/include -I/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/include"""
-    PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE : """"-L/cm/shared/apps/zlib/1.2.8/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.38/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.9.1/lib64""""
+    PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE : """-L/cm/shared/apps/zlib/1.2.8/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.38/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.9.1/lib64"""
 	TZDIR: "/usr/share/zoneinfo"
   }
 }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ darwinEnvironment : {
     F77: "/usr/local/bin/gfortran-4.9"
     TZDIR: "/usr/share/zoneinfo"
 	  PKG_INCLUDE_FLAGS_OVERRIDE : """-I/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.38/include -I/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/include -I/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/include -I/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/include"""
-    PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE : """" -L/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.38/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.9.1/lib64 -L/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@4.9/4.9.4/lib/gcc/4.9/ -L/usr/lib""""
+    PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE : """-L/cm/shared/apps/bzip2/1.0.6/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/xz/5.2.2/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/pcre/8.38/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/curl/7.50.1/lib -L/cm/shared/apps/gcc/4.9.1/lib64 -L/usr/local/Cellar/gcc@4.9/4.9.4/lib/gcc/4.9/ -L/usr/lib"""
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur
index c2d854da452b99e81858d104609bc751cfa45fdc..74606d1e6c12095dcf7c6922a9066e5bba6ef610 100644
--- a/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur
+++ b/com.oracle.truffle.r.native/gnur/Makefile.gnur
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ifneq ($(PKG_INCLUDE_FLAGS_OVERRIDE),)
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE),)
-        GNUR_CONFIG_FLAGS := $(GNUR_CONFIG_FLAGS) LDFLAGS=$(PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE)
+        GNUR_CONFIG_FLAGS := $(GNUR_CONFIG_FLAGS) LDFLAGS="$(PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE)"
 endif
 
 # setup for LLVM (if enabled)
diff --git a/documentation/dev/build-process.md b/documentation/dev/build-process.md
index e8ab78ad51f3ce3a10466de9431496907e21d4c2..c655b98a4178802c2dba1e9333a745000c66866c 100644
--- a/documentation/dev/build-process.md
+++ b/documentation/dev/build-process.md
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ This build requires `PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE` environment variable, for example on
 
 or on some Linux distributions
 
-    export PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE="\"-L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/\""
+    export PKG_LDFLAGS_OVERRIDE="-L/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
 
 ### Installing recommended packages