diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c11576e38f..ffce73f3e6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 0
 # Set the sublevel version string from the highest revision number
 # of the checked out files.
-SUBLEVEL := "$(shell svnversion -cn . \ | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/")"'
+SUBLEVEL := "$(shell svnversion -cn . \ | sed -e "s/.*://" -e "s/\([0-9]*\).*/\1/")"
 
 have_dotconfig := $(wildcard .config)