diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile.port.mk b/makefiles/Makefile.port.mk
index 2bda8baaaf..e9d419328c 100755
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.port.mk
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.port.mk
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ ifeq ("$(SYSTEM)","win")
     VS_RELEASE = v142
     CMAKE_PLATFORM = "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64
   endif
-  ifeq ("$(VISUAL_STUDIO_YEAR","")
+
+  ifeq ("$(VISUAL_STUDIO_YEAR)","")
     $(warning "Unrecognized visual studio version")
   endif
 
diff --git a/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk b/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk
index 05f64cf9f9..c26a9a8496 100644
--- a/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk
+++ b/makefiles/Makefile.third_party.win.mk
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ ifndef WINDOWS_SCIP_DIR
 	@echo SCIP: not found
 else
   ifeq ($(wildcard $(WINDOWS_SCIP_DIR)/include/scip/scip.h),)
-	$(error Third party SCIP files was not found! please check the path given to WINDOWS_SCIP_DIR: "$(WINDOWS_SCIP_DIR)\include\scip\scip.h")
+	$(error Third party SCIP files was not found! please check the path given to WINDOWS_SCIP_DIR)
   else
 	@echo SCIP: found
   endif