diff --git a/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild b/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild
index daffe3dc05..00953bac92 100644
--- a/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/enlightenment/enlightenment.SlackBuild
@@ -92,10 +92,9 @@ meson . build \
 	-Dpam=false \
 	-Dbuild-id=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-"${NINJA:=ninja}"
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-$NINJA -C build -v
+"${NINJA:=ninja}" -C build -v
 
 DESTDIR=$PKG $NINJA -C build install