diff --git a/srcpkgs/libadwaita/template b/srcpkgs/libadwaita/template
index cb23b656c00..6b49f233b3e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libadwaita/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libadwaita/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libadwaita
 version=1.0.0alpha2
 revision=1
 _ver=1.0.0-alpha.2
-wrksrc="$pkgname-$_ver"
+wrksrc="$pkgname-${_ver}"
 build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dexamples=true -Dtests=true $(vopt_bool gtk_doc)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
index d866ff71c6d..12afe88ffe0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-pytest-httpserver/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pkgname=python3-pytest-httpserver
 version=1.0.1
 revision=1
-wrksrc="pytest-httpserver-${version}"
+wrksrc=pytest-httpserver-${version}
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools"
 depends="python3-pytest python3-Werkzeug"