diff --git a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
index 62cc9a4d4..2603af90e 100644
--- a/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/curses/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ INSTALL(TARGETS ${EXECUTABLE} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 # It may be removed in future.
 INSTALL(CODE "
   EXECUTE_PROCESS(
-    COMMAND \${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove -f \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses\${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\"
-    COMMAND \${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink weechat \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses\${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\"
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove -f \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\"
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink weechat${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX} \"\$ENV{DESTDIR}${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\"
   )
-  LIST(APPEND CMAKE_INSTALL_MANIFEST_FILES \"\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses\${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\")
+  LIST(APPEND CMAKE_INSTALL_MANIFEST_FILES \"${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin/weechat-curses${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\")
 ")