diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 7b7c943b83..8293818dfa 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ fi
 if buildAll || hasArg cuopt; then
     cd "${REPODIR}"/python/cuopt
 
-    # $EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS gets concatenated into a string with [*] and then we find/replace spaces with semi-colons
-    SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${INSTALL_PREFIX};-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBCUOPT_BUILD_DIR};-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=${CUOPT_CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES};${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS[*]// /;}" \
+    SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${INSTALL_PREFIX};-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${LIBCUOPT_BUILD_DIR};-DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=${CUOPT_CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES};$(IFS=';'; echo "${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS[*]}")" \
         python "${PYTHON_ARGS_FOR_INSTALL[@]}" .
 fi