diff --git a/package/poco/poco.mk b/package/poco/poco.mk
index 3bcc42c455..bf18126a82 100644
--- a/package/poco/poco.mk
+++ b/package/poco/poco.mk
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ POCO_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 POCO_CPE_ID_VENDOR = pocoproject
 POCO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
-POCO_DEPENDENCIES = pcre2 zlib \
+POCO_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	pcre2 \
+	zlib \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_CRYPTO),openssl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_DATA_MYSQL),mysql) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_DATA_SQLITE),sqlite) \
@@ -19,7 +21,9 @@ POCO_DEPENDENCIES = pcre2 zlib \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_NETSSL_OPENSSL),openssl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_XML),expat)
 
-POCO_OMIT = Data/ODBC PageCompiler \
+POCO_OMIT = \
+	Data/ODBC \
+	PageCompiler \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_ACTIVERECORD),,ActiveRecord) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_CPP_PARSER),,CppParser) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_POCO_CRYPTO),,Crypto) \