diff --git a/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindGSL.cmake b/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindGSL.cmake
index 959d20a0535166658503dedbddbfb6af25d5c7e8..93c2686f78e6fbbdde540e86241d0995934c8813 100644
--- a/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindGSL.cmake
+++ b/moose-core/cmake_modules/FindGSL.cmake
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
             /opt/lib /opt/lib64
         )
     IF (GSL_LIB AND GSLCBLAS_LIB)
-        SET (GSL_LIBRARIES "${GSL_LIB} ${GSLCBLAS_LIB}")
+        SET (GSL_LIBRARIES ${GSL_LIB} ${GSLCBLAS_LIB})
     ENDIF (GSL_LIB AND GSLCBLAS_LIB)
 
     FIND_PATH(GSL_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES gsl/gsl_blas.h