diff --git a/base/.profile b/base/.profile
index 8fe283d..006b47c 100644
--- a/base/.profile
+++ b/base/.profile
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 #ft=sh
 
-export LANGUAGE="en_US:en"
-export LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
-export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
-export LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
+export LANGUAGE=en_US:en
+export LC_MESSAGES=en_US.UTF-8
+export LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8
+export LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8
 
-export XDG_BIN_HOME=${XDG_BIN_HOME:="$HOME/.local/bin"}
-export XDG_CACHE_HOME=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:="$HOME/.cache"}
-export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:="/etc/xdg"}"
-export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:="$HOME/.config"}
-export XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS:="/usr/local/share:/usr/share"}"
-export XDG_DATA_HOME=${XDG_DATA_HOME:="$HOME/.local/share"}
-export XDG_INCLUDE_HOME=${XDG_INCLUDE_HOME:="$HOME/.local/include"}
-export XDG_STATE_HOME=${XDG_STATE_HOME:="$HOME/.local/state"}
+export XDG_BIN_HOME=${XDG_BIN_HOME:=$HOME/.local/bin}
+export XDG_CACHE_HOME=${XDG_CACHE_HOME:=$HOME/.cache}
+export XDG_CONFIG_DIRS="${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:=/etc/xdg}"
+export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:=$HOME/.config}
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS=${XDG_DATA_DIRS:=/usr/local/share:/usr/share}
+export XDG_DATA_HOME=${XDG_DATA_HOME:=$HOME/.local/share}
+export XDG_INCLUDE_HOME=${XDG_INCLUDE_HOME:=$HOME/.local/include}
+export XDG_STATE_HOME=${XDG_STATE_HOME:=$HOME/.local/state}
 
 if [ "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}" = "" ]; then
     __TMPDIR__=