diff --git a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
index 5a3a668f06..e390c9d1bf 100644
--- a/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
+++ b/package/libcurl/libcurl.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ LIBCURL_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2024-32928
 
 # threaded resolver cannot be used with c-ares
 # https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/d364f1347f05c53eea5d25a15b4ad8a62ecc85b8
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES)),yx)
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS)x$(BR2_PACKAGE_C_ARES),yx)
 LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --enable-threaded-resolver
 else
 LIBCURL_CONF_OPTS += --disable-threaded-resolver