diff --git a/mk/podman.mk b/mk/podman.mk
index b0b03da29..6f2bc83df 100644
--- a/mk/podman.mk
+++ b/mk/podman.mk
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ PODMAN_VOLUME_FLAG=
 endif
 
 ## Podman Home Directory
-PODMAN_HOME?=$(ROOT)/build/podman
+PODMAN_HOME=$(ROOT)/build/podman
 ## Podman command with its many arguments
-PODMAN_VOLUMES?=--volume $(ROOT):$(CONTAINER_WORKDIR)$(PODMAN_VOLUME_FLAG) --volume $(PODMAN_HOME):/root$(PODMAN_VOLUME_FLAG)
-PODMAN_ENV?=--env PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin --env PODMAN_BUILD=0
-PODMAN_CONFIG?=--env ARCH=$(ARCH) --env BOARD=$(BOARD) --env CONFIG_NAME=$(CONFIG_NAME) --env FILESYSTEM_CONFIG=$(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) --env PREFIX_BINARY=$(PREFIX_BINARY) \
+PODMAN_VOLUMES=--volume $(ROOT):$(CONTAINER_WORKDIR)$(PODMAN_VOLUME_FLAG) --volume $(PODMAN_HOME):/root$(PODMAN_VOLUME_FLAG)
+PODMAN_ENV=--env PATH=/root/.cargo/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin --env PODMAN_BUILD=0
+PODMAN_CONFIG=--env ARCH=$(ARCH) --env BOARD=$(BOARD) --env CONFIG_NAME=$(CONFIG_NAME) --env FILESYSTEM_CONFIG=$(FILESYSTEM_CONFIG) --env PREFIX_BINARY=$(PREFIX_BINARY) \
                --env CI=$(CI) --env COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS=$(COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS) --env COOKBOOK_LOGS=$(COOKBOOK_LOGS) --env COOKBOOK_VERBOSE=$(COOKBOOK_VERBOSE) \
                --env REPO_APPSTREAM=$(REPO_APPSTREAM) --env REPO_BINARY=$(REPO_BINARY) --env REPO_NONSTOP=$(REPO_NONSTOP) --env REPO_OFFLINE=$(REPO_OFFLINE) --env TESTBIN=$(TESTBIN)
-PODMAN_OPTIONS?=--rm --workdir $(CONTAINER_WORKDIR) --interactive --tty --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --device /dev/fuse --network=host --env TERM=$(TERM) --pids-limit=32768
-PODMAN_RUN?=podman run $(PODMAN_OPTIONS) $(PODMAN_VOLUMES) $(PODMAN_ENV) $(PODMAN_CONFIG) $(IMAGE_TAG)
+PODMAN_OPTIONS=--rm --workdir $(CONTAINER_WORKDIR) --interactive --tty --cap-add SYS_ADMIN --device /dev/fuse --network=host --env TERM=$(TERM) --pids-limit=32768
+PODMAN_RUN=podman run $(PODMAN_OPTIONS) $(PODMAN_VOLUMES) $(PODMAN_ENV) $(PODMAN_CONFIG) $(IMAGE_TAG)
 
 container_shell: build/container.tag
 ifeq ($(PODMAN_BUILD),1)