diff --git a/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/CompilerRTAIXUtils.cmake b/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/CompilerRTAIXUtils.cmake
--- a/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/CompilerRTAIXUtils.cmake
+++ b/compiler-rt/cmake/Modules/CompilerRTAIXUtils.cmake
@@ -2,16 +2,16 @@
 include(CompilerRTUtils)
 
 function(get_aix_libatomic_default_link_flags link_flags export_list)
-  set(linkopts
-    "-Wl,-H512 -Wl,-D0 \
-     -Wl,-T512 -Wl,-bhalt:4 -Wl,-bernotok \
-     -Wl,-bnoentry -Wl,-bexport:${export_list} \
-     -Wl,-bmodtype:SRE -Wl,-lc")
+set(linkopts
+  -Wl,-H512 -Wl,-D0
+  -Wl,-T512 -Wl,-bhalt:4 -Wl,-bernotok
+  -Wl,-bnoentry -Wl,-bexport:${export_list}
+  -Wl,-bmodtype:SRE -Wl,-lc)
   # Add `-Wl,-G`. Quoted from release notes of cmake-3.16.0
   # > On AIX, runtime linking is no longer enabled by default.
   # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.16.html
   if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.16.0")
-    set(linkopts "-Wl,-G" "${linkopts}")
+    set(linkopts -Wl,-G ${linkopts})
   endif()
   set(${link_flags} ${linkopts} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()