diff --git a/scripts/brp-cleanup b/scripts/brp-cleanup
index c1bded0..419c1c0 100755
--- a/scripts/brp-cleanup
+++ b/scripts/brp-cleanup
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 PROG="${0##*/}"
 
+RPM_CLEANUP_METHOD="${RPM_CLEANUP_METHOD## }"
+RPM_CLEANUP_METHOD="${RPM_CLEANUP_METHOD%% }"
 echo "Cleaning files in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ($RPM_CLEANUP_METHOD)"
 
 if [ "$RPM_CLEANUP_METHOD" = skip ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/brp-compress.in b/scripts/brp-compress.in
index 363d31f..1046682 100755
--- a/scripts/brp-compress.in
+++ b/scripts/brp-compress.in
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 PROG="${0##*/}"
 
+RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD="${RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD## }"
+RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD="${RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD%% }"
 echo "Compressing files in $RPM_BUILD_ROOT ($RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD)"
 
 if [ "$RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD" = skip ]; then
diff --git a/scripts/brp-strip.in b/scripts/brp-strip.in
index 34ddfe7..39bf446 100755
--- a/scripts/brp-strip.in
+++ b/scripts/brp-strip.in
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ export STRIP_EXECUTABLE=
 export STRIP_RELOCATABLE=
 export STRIP_SHARED=
 export STRIP_STATIC=
-for	t in $RPM_STRIP_METHOD; do
-	case "${t/%,}" in
+for t in `echo "$RPM_STRIP_METHOD" |tr , ' '`; do
+	case "$t" in
 		no|none|off|false)
 			exit 0
 			;;
diff --git a/scripts/compress_files.in b/scripts/compress_files.in
index e6eeb79..ee3a364 100755
--- a/scripts/compress_files.in
+++ b/scripts/compress_files.in
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 
 PROG="${0##*/}"
 
+RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD="${RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD## }"
+RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD="${RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD%% }"
 case "$RPM_COMPRESS_METHOD" in
 	no|none|plain|skip)
 		exit 0