diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/setup-hook.sh
index 6e65e9e8c73f..d89229f8a786 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/misc/premake/setup-hook.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ premakeConfigurePhase() {
 
     local flagsArray=(
         ${premakefile:+--file=$premakefile}
-        $premakeFlags ${premakeFlagsArray[@]}
-        ${premakeBackend:-gmake}
     )
+    concatTo flagsArray premakeFlags premakeFlagsArray premakeBackend=gmake
 
     echoCmd 'configure flags' "${flagsArray[@]}"