diff --git a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
index 6eb6cf4..f4f3b4f 100644
--- a/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
+++ b/modules/TDEMacros.cmake
@@ -1900,7 +1900,7 @@ macro( tde_create_translated_desktop )
     # process source file as a configuration file if necessary
     if( "${_src}" MATCHES "\\.cmake$" )
       configure_file( ${_src} ${_basename} @ONLY )
-      set( ${_src} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}" )
+      set( _src "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_basename}" )
       string( REGEX REPLACE "\\.cmake$" "" _basename "${_basename}" )
     endif()