diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99dec1a297..125eb278ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ option(OPROFILING "Enable profiling" OFF)
 option(DSPTOOL "Build dsptool" OFF)
 
 # Enable SDL for default on operating systems that aren't OSX, Android, Linux or Windows.
-if(NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux" AND NOT MSVC)
+if(NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux" AND NOT MSVC)
   option(ENABLE_SDL "Enables SDL as a generic controller backend" ON)
 else()
   option(ENABLE_SDL "Enables SDL as a generic controller backend" OFF)
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if(APPLE)
   option(SKIP_POSTPROCESS_BUNDLE "Skip postprocessing bundle for redistributability" OFF)
 endif()
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
   option(ENABLE_VTUNE "Enable Intel VTune integration for JIT code." OFF)
 
   if(NOT ANDROID)
diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index 36d1018575..f93bd67efb 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ elseif(USE_X11)
   target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC ${XRANDR_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
   target_link_libraries(common PUBLIC dl rt)
 endif()