diff --git a/package/glibc/glibc.mk b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
index 29411c58e2..596697bb8f 100644
--- a/package/glibc/glibc.mk
+++ b/package/glibc/glibc.mk
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ GLIBC_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (programs), LGPL-2.1+, BSD-3-Clause, MIT (library)
 GLIBC_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB LICENSES
 GLIBC_CPE_ID_VENDOR = gnu
 
-# Extract the base version (e.g. 2.38) from GLIBC_VERSION) in order to
+# Extract the base version (e.g. 2.38) from GLIBC_VERSION in order to
 # allow proper matching with the CPE database.
 GLIBC_CPE_ID_VERSION = $(word 1, $(subst -,$(space),$(GLIBC_VERSION)))