diff --git a/dev-python/celery/files/celery.initd-r2 b/dev-python/celery/files/celery.initd-r2
index 91dd838a68..2f10491fea 100644
--- a/dev-python/celery/files/celery.initd-r2
+++ b/dev-python/celery/files/celery.initd-r2
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ depend() {
 : ${CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL:="INFO"}
 : ${CELERYD_NODES:="celery"}
 
-${CELERYBEAT_ENABLED:="no"}
-${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE:="/run/celery/celerybeat.pid"}
-${CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE:="/var/log/celery/celerybeat.log"}
-${CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL:="INFO"}
+: ${CELERYBEAT_ENABLED:="no"}
+: ${CELERYBEAT_PID_FILE:="/run/celery/celerybeat.pid"}
+: ${CELERYBEAT_LOG_FILE:="/var/log/celery/celerybeat.log"}
+: ${CELERYBEAT_LOG_LEVEL:="INFO"}
 
 export CELERY_LOADER