diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index be62c3e6a96..5e453b9ae19 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Pattern rule to print variables, e.g. make print-top_srcdir
 print-%:
-	@echo '$*' = '$($*)'
+	@echo '$*'='$($*)'
 
 ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I build-aux/m4
 SUBDIRS = src
diff --git a/contrib/guix/guix-build b/contrib/guix/guix-build
index d817fb74ba5..818ea7c8efb 100755
--- a/contrib/guix/guix-build
+++ b/contrib/guix/guix-build
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ fi
 for host in $HOSTS; do
     case "$host" in
         *darwin*)
-            OSX_SDK="$(make -C "${PWD}/depends" --no-print-directory HOST="$host" print-OSX_SDK | sed 's@^[^=]\+=[[:space:]]\+@@g')"
+            OSX_SDK="$(make -C "${PWD}/depends" --no-print-directory HOST="$host" print-OSX_SDK | sed 's@^[^=]\+=@@g')"
             if [ -e "$OSX_SDK" ]; then
                 echo "Found macOS SDK at '${OSX_SDK}', using..."
             else
diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index dadb21515a4..c5dfd1e8a72 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Pattern rule to print variables, e.g. make print-top_srcdir
 print-%:
-	@echo '$*' = '$($*)'
+	@echo '$*'='$($*)'
 
 # When invoking a sub-make, keep only the command line variable definitions
 # matching the pattern in the filter function.
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 4e09c86ebd7..b47bdfaa269 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # Pattern rule to print variables, e.g. make print-top_srcdir
 print-%:
-	@echo '$*' = '$($*)'
+	@echo '$*'='$($*)'
 
 DIST_SUBDIRS = secp256k1 univalue