diff --git a/package/pkg-meson.mk b/package/pkg-meson.mk
index c3fe6df5d0..3a34ba703b 100644
--- a/package/pkg-meson.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-meson.mk
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ define PKG_MESON_INSTALL_CROSS_CONF
 	    -e "s%@TARGET_CXXFLAGS@%$(call make-sq-comma-list,$(TARGET_CXXFLAGS))@PKG_TARGET_CFLAGS@%g" \
 	    -e 's%@HOST_DIR@%$(HOST_DIR)%g' \
 	    -e 's%@STAGING_DIR@%$(STAGING_DIR)%g' \
-	    -e 's%@STATIC@%$$(if $$(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),true,false)%g' \
+	    -e 's%@STATIC@%$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),true,false)%g' \
 	    $(HOST_MESON_PKGDIR)/cross-compilation.conf.in \
 	    > $(HOST_DIR)/etc/meson/cross-compilation.conf.in
 	sed -e 's%@PKG_TARGET_CFLAGS@%%g' \