1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index e841a3deb3a..45c09317d64 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -875,8 +875,7 @@ sub read_profile {
   while (<PROFILE>) {
     next if m/^[[:space:]]*$/; # skip empty lines
     next if m/^[[:space:]]*#/; # skip comment lines
-    my ($k,$v);
-    ($k,$v) = /(.*?)\s+(.*)/;  # The *first* space is delimiter.
+    my ($k,$v) = split (" ", $_, 2); # value might have spaces
     $pro{$k} = $v;
   }
   foreach (keys %vars) {