diff --git a/pythonforandroid/archs.py b/pythonforandroid/archs.py
index b06517459..413776809 100644
--- a/pythonforandroid/archs.py
+++ b/pythonforandroid/archs.py
@@ -144,9 +144,8 @@ def get_env(self, with_flags_in_cc=True):
             ' '
             + " ".join(
                 [
-                    "-L'"
-                    + link_path.replace("'", "'\"'\"'")
-                    + "'"  # no shlex.quote in py2
+                    "-L"
+                    + link_path
                     for link_path in self.extra_global_link_paths
                 ]
             )