diff --git a/Building-for-Ubuntu-16.04.md b/Building-for-Ubuntu-16.04.md
index 2ed9a1d..0c90308 100644
--- a/Building-for-Ubuntu-16.04.md
+++ b/Building-for-Ubuntu-16.04.md
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ Remove the PPA (optional):
     cd build
 
     export PATH=$HOME/cmake/cmake-3.9.0-Linux-x86_64/bin:$PATH
-    export CC="gcc-7"
-    export CXX="g++-7"
+    export CC=gcc-7
+    export CXX=g++-7
 
     cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
     make