diff --git a/src/Make.conf b/src/Make.conf
index a90ed0da4d6..fa7177aa83c 100644
--- a/src/Make.conf
+++ b/src/Make.conf
@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ CFLAGS=-ggdb -I"$(GOROOT)"/include -O2 -fno-inline
 O=o
 YFLAGS=-d
 # GNU Make syntax:
-ifndef GOBIN
 nullstring :=
 space := $(nullstring) # a space at the end
+ifndef GOBIN
 QUOTED_HOME=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(HOME))
 GOBIN=$(QUOTED_HOME)/bin
-QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
-else
-nullstring :=
-space := $(nullstring) # a space at the end
-QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
 endif
+QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
 
 CC=$(QUOTED_GOBIN)/quietgcc
 LD=$(QUOTED_GOBIN)/quietgcc
diff --git a/src/Make.pkg b/src/Make.pkg
index b315b2ee1e5..d4196b6e845 100644
--- a/src/Make.pkg
+++ b/src/Make.pkg
@@ -6,17 +6,13 @@ all: package
 package: _obj/$(TARG).a
 testpackage: _test/$(TARG).a
 
-ifndef GOBIN
 nullstring :=
 space := $(nullstring) # a space at the end
+ifndef GOBIN
 QUOTED_HOME=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(HOME))
 GOBIN=$(QUOTED_HOME)/bin
-QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
-else
-nullstring :=
-space := $(nullstring) # a space at the end
-QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
 endif
+QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
 
 # GNU Make 3.80 has a bug in lastword
 # elem=$(lastword $(subst /, ,$(TARG)))
@@ -30,8 +26,6 @@ dir=$(patsubst %/$(elem),%,$(TARG))
 endif
 
 # ugly hack to deal with whitespaces in $GOROOT
-nullstring :=
-space := $(nullstring) # a space at the end
 QUOTED_GOROOT=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOROOT))
 
 pkgdir=$(QUOTED_GOROOT)/pkg/$(GOOS)_$(GOARCH)
diff --git a/src/pkg/Makefile b/src/pkg/Makefile
index f37502d58d4..7d1e80d8db0 100644
--- a/src/pkg/Makefile
+++ b/src/pkg/Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@
 #
 # to rebuild the dependency information in Make.deps.
 
+nullstring :=
+space := $(nullstring)
+ifndef GOBIN
+QUOTED_HOME=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(HOME))
+GOBIN=$(QUOTED_HOME)/bin
+endif
+QUOTED_GOBIN=$(subst $(space),\ ,$(GOBIN))
+
 all: install
 
 DIRS=\
@@ -135,16 +143,16 @@ nuke.dirs: $(addsuffix .nuke, $(DIRS))
 test.dirs: $(addsuffix .test, $(TEST))
 
 %.clean:
-	+cd $* && gomake clean
+	+cd $* && $(QUOTED_GOBIN)/gomake clean
 
 %.install:
-	+cd $* && gomake install
+	+cd $* && $(QUOTED_GOBIN)/gomake install
 
 %.nuke:
-	+cd $* && gomake nuke
+	+cd $* && $(QUOTED_GOBIN)/gomake nuke
 
 %.test:
-	+cd $* && gomake test
+	+cd $* && $(QUOTED_GOBIN)/gomake test
 
 clean: clean.dirs