diff --git a/disabled-packages/texlive/build.sh b/disabled-packages/texlive/build.sh
index 46b9ecdf8..d7355242e 100644
--- a/disabled-packages/texlive/build.sh
+++ b/disabled-packages/texlive/build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION:0:
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256="a8b32ca47f0a403661a09e202f4567a995beb718c18d8f81ca6d76daa1da21ed"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="freetype, libpng, libgd, libgmp, libmpfr, libicu, liblua, poppler"
 TERMUX_PKG_FOLDERNAME=texlive-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-source
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 AR=ar \
 RANLIB=ranlib \
 BUILDAR=ar \
diff --git a/packages/global/build.sh b/packages/global/build.sh
index d811b4b25..fa3bf7c61 100644
--- a/packages/global/build.sh
+++ b/packages/global/build.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Source code search and browse tools"
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=6.5.6
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://tamacom.com/global/global-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=122f9afa69a8daa0f64c12db7f02981fe573f51a163fa3829ed4f832cd281505
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 --with-posix-sort=$TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/sort
 --with-ncurses=$TERMUX_PREFIX
 "
diff --git a/packages/imagemagick/build.sh b/packages/imagemagick/build.sh
index 2eee2bc23..e4411c40c 100644
--- a/packages/imagemagick/build.sh
+++ b/packages/imagemagick/build.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION="7.0.4-5"
 # the build for each minor version bump.
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://dl.bintray.com/termux/upstream/ImageMagick-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=6bea9ab6509f34fa9cb6ab5e113507a47203d360ba5872f013d797fc11075ccd
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 --disable-largefile
 --without-x
 --without-gvc
diff --git a/packages/libevent/build.sh b/packages/libevent/build.sh
index 062d5ec43..13f2b48d2 100755
--- a/packages/libevent/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libevent/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=316ddb401745ac5d222d7c529ef1eada12f58f6376a66c1118eee803cb70f8
 # Strip away libevent core, extra and openssl libraries until someone uses them
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="bin/event_rpcgen.py lib/libevent_*"
 TERMUX_PKG_FOLDERNAME=libevent-release-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-stable
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DEVENT__BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARIES=ON
 -DEVENT__DISABLE_BENCHMARK=ON
 -DEVENT__DISABLE_OPENSSL=ON
diff --git a/packages/libmosquitto/build.sh b/packages/libmosquitto/build.sh
index 07d7d1a77..7cbb98639 100644
--- a/packages/libmosquitto/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libmosquitto/build.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://mosquitto.org/files/source/mosquitto-${TERMUX_PKG_VERS
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=437648d68a4a781dd8d913814cd5451f59ab4a5fcf84cccaf7c36e6a07459770
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="c-ares, openssl"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="Nathaniel Wesley Filardo @nwf"
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 -DWITH_THREADING=OFF
 -DWITH_TLS_PSK=OFF"
 TERMUX_PKG_RM_AFTER_INSTALL="include/mosquittopp.h lib/libmosquittopp.so"
diff --git a/packages/libx264/build.sh b/packages/libx264/build.sh
index 9c4fb001c..cb315a56d 100644
--- a/packages/libx264/build.sh
+++ b/packages/libx264/build.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=20170122
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=ftp://ftp.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}-2245-stable.tar.bz2
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=f833239a2ff81629242b1137c797e670516a3af7ce79e6bb7ef234a3e60fd8fd
 # Avoid linking against ffmpeg libraries to avoid circular dependency:
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 --disable-swscale
 --disable-lavf"