diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
index 48a5ae8d649..6baaf12b857 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ rec {
     mkdir -p $out/libexec/
     mv $out/bin $out/libexec/$(uname -m)
     mkdir -p $out/bin
-    for i in "$out/libexec/"* "$out/libexec/"*/* ; do
+    for i in "$out/libexec/"* "$out/libexec/"*"/"* ; do
         test \( \! -d "$i" \) -a \( -x "$i" -o -L "$i" \) || continue
 
       if [ -x "$i" ]; then
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ rec {
 
     PATH=$PATH:$out/bin mktexlsr $out/share/texmf*
   '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
-    for prog in $out/bin/*; do
+    for prog in "$out/bin/"*; do
       wrapProgram "$prog" --prefix DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH : "${poppler.out}/lib"
     done
   '' ) [ "minInit" "defEnsureDir" "doUnpack" "doMakeInstall" "promoteLibexec" "patchShebangsInterim"];