diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index f35fafbaa..7fcd533e5 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
     case $::osfamily {
       'debian': {
         $docroot              = '/var/www'
-        $pidfile              = '${APACHE_PID_FILE}'
+        $pidfile              = "\${APACHE_PID_FILE}"
         $error_log            = 'error.log'
         $error_documents_path = '/usr/share/apache2/error'
         $scriptalias          = '/usr/lib/cgi-bin'
diff --git a/manifests/mod.pp b/manifests/mod.pp
index 2795578ec..1d38d3c4f 100644
--- a/manifests/mod.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod.pp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  file { "${_loadfile_name}":
+  file { $_loadfile_name:
     ensure  => file,
     path    => "${mod_dir}/${_loadfile_name}",
     owner   => 'root',
diff --git a/manifests/mod/cgid.pp b/manifests/mod/cgid.pp
index 5c89251a1..2a0c178e0 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/cgid.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/cgid.pp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   # Debian specifies it's cgid sock path, but RedHat uses the default value
   # with no config file
   $cgisock_path = $::osfamily ? {
-    'debian'  => '${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/cgisock',
+    'debian'  => "\${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/cgisock",
     'freebsd' => 'cgisock',
     default   => undef,
   }
diff --git a/manifests/mod/dav_fs.pp b/manifests/mod/dav_fs.pp
index 482f31617..0cb663f5c 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/dav_fs.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/dav_fs.pp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 class apache::mod::dav_fs {
   $dav_lock = $::osfamily ? {
-    'debian'  => '${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/DAVLock',
+    'debian'  => "\${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}/DAVLock",
     'freebsd' => '/usr/local/var/DavLock',
     default   => '/var/lib/dav/lockdb',
   }
diff --git a/manifests/mod/ssl.pp b/manifests/mod/ssl.pp
index ff0e92927..7e115fb66 100644
--- a/manifests/mod/ssl.pp
+++ b/manifests/mod/ssl.pp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   $package_name    = undef,
 ) {
   $session_cache = $::osfamily ? {
-    'debian'  => '${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/ssl_scache(512000)',
+    'debian'  => "\${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/ssl_scache(512000)",
     'redhat'  => '/var/cache/mod_ssl/scache(512000)',
     'freebsd' => '/var/run/ssl_scache(512000)',
   }
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
       } elsif $::operatingsystem == 'Ubuntu' and $::operatingsystemrelease == '10.04' {
         $ssl_mutex = 'file:/var/run/apache2/ssl_mutex'
       } else {
-        $ssl_mutex = 'file:${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/ssl_mutex'
+        $ssl_mutex = "file:\${APACHE_RUN_DIR}/ssl_mutex"
       }
     }
     'redhat': {