--- VirtualBox-7.2.0/src/bldprogs/scmrw-kmk.cpp.orig	2025-08-13 21:52:40.000000000 +0200
+++ VirtualBox-7.2.0/src/bldprogs/scmrw-kmk.cpp	2025-08-20 11:32:48.764178857 +0200
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ static bool scmKmkHandleIfParentheses(KM
     pszDst += cchIndent;
 
     if (fElse)
-        pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(pszDst, RT_STR_TUPLE("else "));
+        pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(pszDst, "else ", 5);
 
     memcpy(pszDst, pchToken, cchToken);
     pszDst += cchToken;
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static bool scmKmkHandleIfSpace(KMKPARSE
     pszDst += cchIndent;
 
     if (fElse)
-        pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(pszDst, RT_STR_TUPLE("else "));
+        pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(pszDst, "else ", 5);
 
     memcpy(pszDst, &pchLine[offToken], cchToken);
     pszDst += cchToken;
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ static bool scmKmkHandleElse(KMKPARSER *
      * Emit indent and initial token.
      */
     memset(pszDst, ' ', cchIndent);
-    pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(&pszDst[cchIndent], RT_STR_TUPLE("else"));
+    pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(&pszDst[cchIndent], "else", 4);
 
     offSrc = offToken + 4;
 
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static bool scmKmkHandleEndif(KMKPARSER
      * Emit indent and initial token.
      */
     memset(pszDst, ' ', cchIndent);
-    pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(&pszDst[cchIndent], RT_STR_TUPLE("endif"));
+    pszDst = (char *)mempcpy(&pszDst[cchIndent], "endif", 5);
 
     size_t offSrc = offToken + 5;