diff --git a/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh b/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh
index 756bc9ec25bb..2776ab62cfb7 100755
--- a/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh
+++ b/storage/rocksdb/get_rocksdb_files.sh
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ then
 sed -e s/@GIT_SHA@/$git_sha/ -e s:@GIT_TAG@:"$git_tag":  \
     -e s/@GIT_MOD@/"$git_mod"/ -e s/@BUILD_DATE@/"$build_date"/  \
     -e s/@GIT_DATE@/"$git_date"/ \
-    -e s/@ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_BUILTINS@/"$(ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_BUILTINS)"/ \
-    -e s/@ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_EXTERNS@/"$(ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_EXTERNS)"/ \
+    -e s/@ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_BUILTINS@/"$ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_BUILTINS"/ \
+    -e s/@ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_EXTERNS@/"$ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_EXTERNS"/ \
     rocksdb/util/build_version.cc.in > $bv
 fi