diff --git a/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf b/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf
index 77ce9b07f..4572964a1 100644
--- a/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf
+++ b/package/base/glibc23/glibc23.conf
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ glibc_prepatch() {
 
 glibc_stage0() {
 	mkdir -p objdir; cd objdir
-	contopt="${confopt% --target=*}"
+	confopt="${confopt% --target=*}"
 
 	var_append confopt " " "--enable-add-ons --build=\$arch_build \
 	                        --host=\$arch_target"