diff --git a/overrides-gcc.cmake b/overrides-gcc.cmake
index 4d74d81219b0a..6949bd488bb3d 100644
--- a/overrides-gcc.cmake
+++ b/overrides-gcc.cmake
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ foreach(lang C CXX ASM)
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL "-Wno-unknown-pragmas -Os -DNDEBUG")
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_RELEASE "-Wno-unknown-pragmas")
   set(CMAKE_${lang}_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "-Wno-unknown-pragmas -O2 -g -DNDEBUG")
-  set(CMAKE_${lang}_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES " ")
-  set(CMAKE_${lang}_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES " ")
+  set(CMAKE_${lang}_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
+  set(CMAKE_${lang}_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES "")
 endforeach()