diff --git a/racket/src/ChezScheme/c/Mf-arm32le b/racket/src/ChezScheme/c/Mf-arm32le
index 976912585f..d87df071b6 100644
--- a/racket/src/ChezScheme/c/Mf-arm32le
+++ b/racket/src/ChezScheme/c/Mf-arm32le
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 m ?= arm32le
 Cpu ?= ARMV6
 
-mdclib = -lm -ldl ${ncursesLib} {$threadLibs} -lrt
+mdclib = -lm -ldl ${ncursesLib} ${threadLibs} -lrt
 C = ${CC} ${CPPFLAGS} ${warningFlags} ${optFlags} ${CFLAGS}
 o = o
 mdsrc ?= arm32le.c