diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt
index 06b2dba673..36b7992830 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_cent/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ {CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} / .. / .. / common / nimble_central_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common/nimble_central_utils)
 
-include($ENV{IDF_PATH} / tools / cmake / project.cmake)
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(phy_cent)
diff --git a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt
index 550d0a0827..7323302085 100644
--- a/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/bluetooth/nimble/ble_phy/phy_prph/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
-set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS $ {CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR} / .. / .. / common / nimble_peripheral_utils)
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common/nimble_peripheral_utils)
 
-include($ENV{IDF_PATH} / tools / cmake / project.cmake)
+include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 project(phy_prph)