diff --git a/app-editors/helix/helix-22.05.ebuild b/app-editors/helix/helix-22.05.ebuild
index 13add4792e..470d94a4d0 100644
--- a/app-editors/helix/helix-22.05.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/helix/helix-22.05.ebuild
@@ -269,8 +269,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 		for line in "${LANGUAGES[@]}"; do
 			read -r name url commit <<< "${line}"
 
-			mkdir -p ${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name} || die
-			cp -r ${WORKDIR}/${url##*/}-${commit}/* ${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name} || die
+			mkdir -p "${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name}" || die
+			cp -r "${WORKDIR}"/${url##*/}-${commit}/* "${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name}" || die
 		done
 	fi
 
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ src_compile() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	use grammar && ( rm -rf ${S}/runtime/grammars/sources || die )
+	use grammar && ( rm -rf "${S}/runtime/grammars/sources" || die )
 	insinto /usr/share/helix
 	doins -r runtime
 	use doc && dodoc README.md CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/app-editors/helix/helix-22.08.1.ebuild b/app-editors/helix/helix-22.08.1.ebuild
index f6fc157e4e..949ac41c26 100644
--- a/app-editors/helix/helix-22.08.1.ebuild
+++ b/app-editors/helix/helix-22.08.1.ebuild
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 		for line in "${LANGUAGES[@]}"; do
 			read -r name url commit <<< "${line}"
 
-			mkdir -p ${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name} || die
-			cp -r ${WORKDIR}/${url##*/}-${commit}/* ${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name} || die
+			mkdir -p "${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name}" || die
+			cp -r "${WORKDIR}"/${url##*/}-${commit}/* "${S}/runtime/grammars/sources/${name}" || die
 		done
 	fi
 
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ src_compile() {
 }
 
 src_install() {
-	use grammar && ( rm -rf ${S}/runtime/grammars/sources || die )
+	use grammar && ( rm -rf "${S}/runtime/grammars/sources" || die )
 	insinto /usr/share/helix
 	doins -r runtime
 	use doc && dodoc README.md CHANGELOG.md