diff --git a/cmake/sanitize-helpers.cmake b/cmake/sanitize-helpers.cmake
index c979616..d4e3409 100644
--- a/cmake/sanitize-helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/sanitize-helpers.cmake
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ function (sanitizer_check_compiler_flags FLAG_CANDIDATES NAME PREFIX)
         if (${PREFIX}_FLAG_DETECTED)
           # If compiler is a GNU compiler, search for static flag, if
           # SANITIZE_LINK_STATIC is enabled.
-          if (SANITIZE_LINK_STATIC AND (${COMPILER} STREQUAL "GNU"))
+          if (SANITIZE_LINK_STATIC AND (COMPILER STREQUAL "GNU"))
             string(TOLOWER ${PREFIX} PREFIX_lower)
             sanitizer_check_compiler_flag(
               "-static-lib${PREFIX_lower}" ${LANG}