diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MOAB/MOAB-5.5.0-foss-2022a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MOAB/MOAB-5.5.0-foss-2022a.eb
index a0982646d2c..63bbde6b815 100755
--- a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MOAB/MOAB-5.5.0-foss-2022a.eb
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/MOAB/MOAB-5.5.0-foss-2022a.eb
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ dependencies = [
 
 easyblock = 'CMakeMake'
 
-configopts = f"-DENABLE_HDF5=ON -DENABLE_PYMOAB=ON -DENABLE_FORTRAN=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DENABLE_BLASLAPACK=OFF"
+configopts = "-DENABLE_HDF5=ON -DENABLE_PYMOAB=ON -DENABLE_FORTRAN=OFF -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DENABLE_BLASLAPACK=OFF"