diff --git a/Tools/CMake/basics.cmake b/Tools/CMake/basics.cmake
index 1764e2c73..403059386 100644
--- a/Tools/CMake/basics.cmake
+++ b/Tools/CMake/basics.cmake
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ endmacro()
 # this applies cached definitions onto the target
 macro(_process_defs)
     if(DEFINED ${PROJECT_NAME}_defs_)
-        set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${${PROJECT_NAME}_defs_}")
+        set_property(TARGET ${PROJECT_NAME} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${${PROJECT_NAME}_defs_})
         #message(STATUS "applying defs to project ${PROJECT_NAME}: ${${PROJECT_NAME}_defs_}")
     endif()
 endmacro()
@@ -343,9 +343,9 @@ if(WIN32)
     set(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_LIBS "/W0" CACHE TYPE STRING)
     mark_as_advanced(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_LIBS)
 
-    set(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT "-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE /MP /O2 /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /Oy /GT /Zi /W4 /nologo /GF /EHsc /GS- /Gy- /Qpar- /fp:fast /fp:except- /GR /Zc:wchar_t- /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS" )
+    set(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT "-DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /MP /O2 /Ob2 /Oi /Ot /Oy /GT /Zi /W4 /nologo /GF /EHsc /GS- /Gy- /Qpar- /fp:fast /fp:except- /GR /Zc:wchar_t-" )
     if( TORQUE_CPU_X32 )
-       set(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT ${TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT}" /arch:SSE2")
+       set(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT "${TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT} /arch:SSE2")
     endif()
     set(TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON ${TORQUE_CXX_FLAGS_COMMON_DEFAULT} CACHE TYPE STRING)