diff --git a/templates/lxc-download.in b/templates/lxc-download.in
index ebec0b487..e8570692a 100755
--- a/templates/lxc-download.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-download.in
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-LOCALSTATEDIR="@LOCALSTATEDIR@"
-LXC_HOOK_DIR="@LXCHOOKDIR@"
-LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG="@LXCTEMPLATECONFIG@"
+LOCALSTATEDIR=@LOCALSTATEDIR@
+LXC_HOOK_DIR=@LXCHOOKDIR@
+LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG=@LXCTEMPLATECONFIG@
 
 # Defaults
 DOWNLOAD_ARCH=
diff --git a/templates/lxc-local.in b/templates/lxc-local.in
index f94a150c7..d14c2e2e5 100755
--- a/templates/lxc-local.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-local.in
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 
 set -eu
 
-LXC_HOOK_DIR="@LXCHOOKDIR@"
-LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG="@LXCTEMPLATECONFIG@"
+LXC_HOOK_DIR=@LXCHOOKDIR@
+LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG=@LXCTEMPLATECONFIG@
 
 LXC_NAME=
 LXC_PATH=
diff --git a/templates/lxc-oci.in b/templates/lxc-oci.in
index a46949b68..06a0be5f6 100755
--- a/templates/lxc-oci.in
+++ b/templates/lxc-oci.in
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ for bin in skopeo umoci jq; do
   fi
 done
 
-LOCALSTATEDIR="@LOCALSTATEDIR@"
-LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG="@LXCTEMPLATECONFIG@"
-LXC_HOOK_DIR="@LXCHOOKDIR@"
+LOCALSTATEDIR=@LOCALSTATEDIR@
+LXC_TEMPLATE_CONFIG=@LXCTEMPLATECONFIG@
+LXC_HOOK_DIR=@LXCHOOKDIR@
 
 # Some useful functions
 cleanup() {