diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
index b09961a8bb84..5e5c6281c9d7 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-cache.service.in
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Import ZFS pools by cache file
 Documentation=man:zpool(8)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Requires=systemd-udev-settle.service
 After=systemd-udev-settle.service
 After=cryptsetup.target
 After=multipathd.target
 After=systemd-remount-fs.service
 Before=zfs-import.target
 ConditionFileNotEmpty=@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -c @sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache -aN ${ZPOOL_IMPORT_OPTS}
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -c @sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache -aN $ZPOOL_IMPORT_OPTS
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=zfs-import.target
diff --git a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
index c1111c73a607..d3c083f7e9cf 100644
--- a/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
+++ b/etc/systemd/system/zfs-import-scan.service.in
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Import ZFS pools by device scanning
 Documentation=man:zpool(8)
 DefaultDependencies=no
 Requires=systemd-udev-settle.service
 After=systemd-udev-settle.service
 After=cryptsetup.target
 After=multipathd.target
 Before=zfs-import.target
 ConditionFileNotEmpty=!@sysconfdir@/zfs/zpool.cache
 ConditionPathIsDirectory=/sys/module/zfs
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
 RemainAfterExit=yes
-ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -aN -o cachefile=none ${ZPOOL_IMPORT_OPTS}
+ExecStart=@sbindir@/zpool import -aN -o cachefile=none $ZPOOL_IMPORT_OPTS
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=zfs-import.target