diff --git a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
index 0e3e620408ecbf0d73588edd4b9d08bf38b9a1e6..95262fe638016516fd274682dfad354a01a00230 100644
--- a/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
+++ b/Configurations/descrip.mms.tmpl
@@ -693,10 +693,11 @@ EOF
       # previous line's file spec as default, so if no directory spec
       # is present in the current line and the previous line has one that
       # doesn't apply, you're in for a surprise.
-      my $write_opt =
+      my $write_opt1 =
           join(",-\"\n\t", map { my $x = $_ =~ /\[/ ? $_ : "[]".$_;
                                  "WRITE OPT_FILE \"$x" } @objs).
-          "\"\n\t".
+          "\"";
+      my $write_opt2 =
           join("\n\t", map { my $x = $_ =~ /\[/ ? $_ : "[]".$_;
                              $x =~ s|(\.EXE)|$1/SHARE|;
                              $x =~ s|(\.OLB)|$1/LIB|;
@@ -706,7 +707,8 @@ EOF
 $lib.EXE : $deps
         OPEN/WRITE/SHARE=READ OPT_FILE $lib.OPT
         TYPE $engine_opt /OUTPUT=OPT_FILE:
-        $write_opt
+        $write_opt1
+        $write_opt2
         CLOSE OPT_FILE
         LINK /MAP=$lib.MAP /FULL/SHARE=$lib.EXE $lib.OPT/OPT \$(EX_LIBS)
         - PURGE $lib.EXE,$lib.OPT,$lib.MAP
@@ -739,10 +741,11 @@ EOF
       # previous line's file spec as default, so if no directory spec
       # is present in the current line and the previous line has one that
       # doesn't apply, you're in for a surprise.
-      my $write_opt =
+      my $write_opt1 =
           join(",-\"\n\t", map { my $x = $_ =~ /\[/ ? $_ : "[]".$_;
                                  "WRITE OPT_FILE \"$x" } @objs).
-          "\"\n\t".
+          "\"";
+      my $write_opt2 =
           join("\n\t", map { my $x = $_ =~ /\[/ ? $_ : "[]".$_;
                              $x =~ s|(\.EXE)|$1/SHARE|;
                              $x =~ s|(\.OLB)|$1/LIB|;
@@ -751,7 +754,8 @@ EOF
       return <<"EOF";
 $bin.EXE : $deps
         OPEN/WRITE/SHARE=READ OPT_FILE $bin.OPT
-        $write_opt
+        $write_opt1
+        $write_opt2
         CLOSE OPT_FILE
         LINK/EXEC=$bin.EXE \$(LDFLAGS) $bin.OPT/OPT \$(EX_LIBS)
         - PURGE $bin.EXE,$bin.OPT