diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
index 0f94579ac4..7951b0f1a9 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc-final/gcc-final.mk
@@ -169,30 +169,30 @@ endif
 HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS += $(call qstrip,$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTRA_LIBS))
 
 define HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_STATIC_LIBS
-	for i in $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_LIBS) ; do \
-		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$${i}.a \
-			$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/ ; \
-	done
-	for i in $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS) ; do \
-		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$${i}.a \
-			$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/ ; \
-	done
+	$(foreach lib,$(HOST_GCC_FINAL_LIBS), \
+		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$(lib).a \
+			$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/
+	)
+	$(foreach lib,$(HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS), \
+		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$(lib).a \
+			$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	)
 endef
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),)
 define HOST_GCC_FINAL_INSTALL_SHARED_LIBS
-	for i in $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_LIBS) ; do \
-		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$${i}.so* \
-			$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/ ; \
-		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$${i}.so* \
-			$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/ ; \
-	done
-	for i in $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS) ; do \
-		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$${i}.so* \
-			$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/ ; \
-		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$${i}.so* \
-			$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/ ; \
-	done
+	$(foreach lib,$(HOST_GCC_FINAL_LIBS), \
+		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$(lib).so* \
+			$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/ && \
+		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$(lib).so* \
+			$(TARGET_DIR)/lib/
+	)
+	$(foreach lib,$(HOST_GCC_FINAL_USR_LIBS), \
+		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$(lib).so* \
+			$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/ && \
+		cp -dpf $(HOST_GCC_FINAL_GCC_LIB_DIR)/$(lib).so* \
+			$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	)
 endef
 endif