diff --git a/recipe/build_py.sh b/recipe/build_py.sh
index eae4309..c19476b 100644
--- a/recipe/build_py.sh
+++ b/recipe/build_py.sh
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ mkdir build_py
 cd build_py
 
 if [[ "${CONDA_BUILD_CROSS_COMPILATION}" == "1" ]]; then
-  export CMAKE_ARGS="${CMAKE_ARGS} -Dgz-msgs10_PYTHON_INTERPRETER=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/python -Dgz-msgs10_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/protoc -Dgz-msgs10_PROTO_GENERATOR_PLUGIN=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/gz-msgs10_protoc_plugin -DPython3_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/python -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/python"
+  export CMAKE_ARGS_FOR_PY_BUILD="-Dgz-msgs10_PYTHON_INTERPRETER=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/python -Dgz-msgs10_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/protoc -Dgz-msgs10_PROTO_GENERATOR_PLUGIN=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/gz-msgs10_protoc_plugin -DPython3_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/python -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$BUILD_PREFIX/bin/python"
 else
-  export CMAKE_ARGS="${CMAKE_ARGS} -DPython3_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$PYTHON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$PYTHON"
+  export CMAKE_ARGS_FOR_PY_BUILD="-DPython3_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$PYTHON -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE:PATH=$PYTHON"
 fi
 
 echo "Printing env value ====>"
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ env
 
 # Set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX install dir to wrong directory to ensure C++ files
 # are not included in the gz-msgs<major>-python package
-cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$SRC_DIR/wrong_cxx_install -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -GNinja .. \
+cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS_FOR_PY_BUILD} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$SRC_DIR/wrong_cxx_install -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -GNinja .. \
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_SYSTEM_RUNTIME_LIBS_SKIP:BOOL=ON \
       -DGZ_PYTHON_INSTALL_PATH=$SP_DIR \