diff --git a/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-sourcery.inc b/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-sourcery.inc
index a1f1520..1f953d1 100644
--- a/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-sourcery.inc
+++ b/conf/distro/include/tcmode-external-sourcery.inc
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS = " --sysroot=${STAGING_DIR_HOST}"
 CSL_IS_PRO = "${@'1' if os.path.exists('${EXTERNAL_TOOLCHAIN}/license') else '0'}"
 
 LDEMULATION = ""
-LDEMULATION_ENDIAN = "${@'bt' if 'bigendian' in TUNE_FEATURES.split() else 'lt'}"
-LDEMULATION_BITS = "${@'64' if 'n64' in TUNE_FEATURES.split() else '32'}"
+LDEMULATION_ENDIAN = "${@'bt' if 'bigendian' in '${TUNE_FEATURES}'.split() else 'lt'}"
+LDEMULATION_BITS = "${@'64' if 'n64' in '${TUNE_FEATURES}'.split() else '32'}"
 LDEMULATION_mips64 = "elf${LDEMULATION_BITS}${LDEMULATION_ENDIAN}smip${@bb.utils.contains('TUNE_FEATURES', 'n32', 'n32', '', d)}"
-TUNE_LDARGS += "${@'-m ${LDEMULATION}' if LDEMULATION else ''}"
+TUNE_LDARGS += "${@'-m ${LDEMULATION}' if '${LDEMULATION}' else ''}"
 
 # Ensure that the licensing variables are available to the toolchain.
 export MGLS_LICENSE_FILE