diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/container/create-cross-file.sh b/.gitlab-ci/container/create-cross-file.sh
index dddb9a2ef31..abfe72f445f 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/container/create-cross-file.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/container/create-cross-file.sh
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ fi
 # shellcheck disable=SC1003 # how this sed doesn't seems to work for me locally
 sed -i -e '/\[properties\]/a\' -e "needs_exe_wrapper = False" "$cross_file"
 
-# Add a line for rustc, which debcrossgen is missing.
-cc=$(sed -n 's|c = .\(.*\).|\1|p' < "$cross_file")
+# Add a line for rustc, which meson env2mfile is missing.
+cc=$(sed -n "s|^c\s*=\s*\[?'\(.*\)'\]?|\1|p" < "$cross_file")
+
 if [[ "$arch" = "arm64" ]]; then
     rust_target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
 elif [[ "$arch" = "armhf" ]]; then
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
index bd098d5f7be..1f243566a99 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/prepare-artifacts.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rm -rf install/bin install/include
 
 # Strip the drivers in the artifacts to cut 80% of the artifacts size.
 if [ -n "$CROSS" ]; then
-    STRIP=`sed -n -E "s/strip\s*=\s*'(.*)'/\1/p" "$CROSS_FILE"`
+    STRIP=$(sed -n -E "s/strip\s*=\s*\[?'(.*)'\]?/\1/p" "$CROSS_FILE")
     if [ -z "$STRIP" ]; then
         echo "Failed to find strip command in cross file"
         exit 1