diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 20dd1a56f..44ed6e37f 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ for:
       fi
     - sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
     - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip dropbox py7zr 'urllib3<2.0' conan==1.63.0 requests
-    - export QTDIR=`$(brew --prefix qt6)`
+    - export QTDIR=$(brew --prefix qt6)
     - export PATH="$PATH:`python3 -m site --user-base`/bin:$QTDIR/bin"
     - echo $PATH
     - python3 --version