diff --git a/thirdparty/sanitizers/sanitize-helpers.cmake b/thirdparty/sanitizers/sanitize-helpers.cmake
index 93a326a..8c91f9f 100644
--- a/thirdparty/sanitizers/sanitize-helpers.cmake
+++ b/thirdparty/sanitizers/sanitize-helpers.cmake
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ 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}
                                                       ${PREFIX}_STATIC_FLAG_DETECTED)