diff --git a/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake b/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake
index 072a27adc..3f75b19e8 100644
--- a/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindPkgConfig.cmake
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function(_pkg_create_imp_target _prefix _no_cmake_path _no_cmake_environment_pat
   foreach (flag IN LISTS ${_prefix}_LDFLAGS)
     if (flag MATCHES "^-L(.*)")
       # only look into the given paths from now on
-      set(_find_opts "HINTS ${${CMAKE_MATCH_1}} NO_DEFAULT_PATH")
+      set(_find_opts HINTS ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
       continue()
     endif()
     if (flag MATCHES "^-l(.*)")