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/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