diff --git a/src/SPC/builder/extension/imagick.php b/src/SPC/builder/extension/imagick.php
index 3c940289..0471dd65 100644
--- a/src/SPC/builder/extension/imagick.php
+++ b/src/SPC/builder/extension/imagick.php
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@ class imagick extends Extension
             $static .= ' -l:libstdc++.a';
             $shared = str_replace('-lstdc++', '', $shared);
         }
-        return [deduplicate_spaces($static), deduplicate_spaces($shared)];
+        return [clean_spaces($static), clean_spaces($shared)];
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/SPC/util/SPCConfigUtil.php b/src/SPC/util/SPCConfigUtil.php
index cf2b4ce4..c3bb83cc 100644
--- a/src/SPC/util/SPCConfigUtil.php
+++ b/src/SPC/util/SPCConfigUtil.php
@@ -98,9 +98,9 @@ class SPCConfigUtil
                 $libs = BUILD_LIB_PATH . '/mimalloc.o ' . str_replace(BUILD_LIB_PATH . '/mimalloc.o', '', $libs);
             }
             return [
-                'cflags' => deduplicate_spaces(getenv('CFLAGS') . ' ' . $cflags),
-                'ldflags' => deduplicate_spaces(getenv('LDFLAGS') . ' ' . $ldflags),
-                'libs' => deduplicate_spaces(getenv('LIBS') . ' ' . $libs),
+                'cflags' => clean_spaces(getenv('CFLAGS') . ' ' . $cflags),
+                'ldflags' => clean_spaces(getenv('LDFLAGS') . ' ' . $ldflags),
+                'libs' => clean_spaces(getenv('LIBS') . ' ' . $libs),
             ];
         }
 
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ class SPCConfigUtil
         }
 
         return [
-            'cflags' => deduplicate_spaces(getenv('CFLAGS') . ' ' . $cflags),
-            'ldflags' => deduplicate_spaces(getenv('LDFLAGS') . ' ' . $ldflags),
-            'libs' => deduplicate_spaces($allLibs),
+            'cflags' => clean_spaces(getenv('CFLAGS') . ' ' . $cflags),
+            'ldflags' => clean_spaces(getenv('LDFLAGS') . ' ' . $ldflags),
+            'libs' => clean_spaces($allLibs),
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/globals/functions.php b/src/globals/functions.php
index 1ad115fc..2fef0d7f 100644
--- a/src/globals/functions.php
+++ b/src/globals/functions.php
@@ -244,10 +244,12 @@ function get_pack_replace(): array
 }
 
 /**
- * @param $string
- * @return string without double spaces
+ * Remove duplicate spaces from a string.
+ *
+ * @param  string $string Input string that may contain unnecessary spaces (e.g., " -la  -lb").
+ * @return string The trimmed string with only single spaces (e.g., "-la -lb").
  */
-function deduplicate_spaces($string): string
+function clean_spaces(string $string): string
 {
     return trim(preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $string));
 }