diff --git a/lib/kokkos/cmake/kokkos_settings.cmake b/lib/kokkos/cmake/kokkos_settings.cmake
index 21c9d75a96aa52fd349c751aa0c2fa0f12316c91..58b30ba24d7b3aa8324f26da07bcceb436c28bb2 100644
--- a/lib/kokkos/cmake/kokkos_settings.cmake
+++ b/lib/kokkos/cmake/kokkos_settings.cmake
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ if (NOT "${KOKKOS_INTERNAL_PATHS}" STREQUAL "")
   set(KOKKOS_SETTINGS ${KOKKOS_SETTINGS} ${KOKKOS_INTERNAL_PATHS})
 endif()
 if (NOT "${KOKKOS_INTERNAL_ADDTOPATH}" STREQUAL "")
-  set(KOKKOS_SETTINGS ${KOKKOS_SETTINGS} "PATH=\"${KOKKOS_INTERNAL_ADDTOPATH}:$ENV{PATH}\"")
+  set(KOKKOS_SETTINGS ${KOKKOS_SETTINGS} "PATH=${KOKKOS_INTERNAL_ADDTOPATH}:$ENV{PATH}")
 endif()
 
 if (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD)