diff --git a/make/common/Release.gmk b/make/common/Release.gmk
index 224dcd1650b38aa8119688f32e26e29965b4841b..409a772a574b955c37f9010201cbb9efb060f726 100644
--- a/make/common/Release.gmk
+++ b/make/common/Release.gmk
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ JRE_INFO_FILE = $(JRE_IMAGE_DIR)/release
 
 # Common way to emit a line into the release or info file
 define info-file-item # name value
-$(PRINTF) "%s=\"%s\"\n" $1 $2 >> $@
+$(PRINTF) '%s="%s"\n' $1 $2 >> $@
 endef
 
 # Values to emit