diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ca672df1c..a5113c2ab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags 2> /dev/null || echo unknown)
 IDENTIFIER := $(VERSION)-$(GOOS)-$(GOARCH)
 CLONE_URL=github.com/pilosa/pilosa
 BUILD_TIME=`date -u +%FT%T%z`
-LDFLAGS=-"-X github.com/pilosa/pilosa.Version=$(VERSION) -X github.com/pilosa/pilosa.BuildTime=$(BUILD_TIME)"
+LDFLAGS="-X github.com/pilosa/pilosa.Version=$(VERSION) -X github.com/pilosa/pilosa.BuildTime=$(BUILD_TIME)"
 
 default: test pilosa