diff --git a/package/pkg-utils.mk b/package/pkg-utils.mk
index 973eabe437..94e806963b 100644
--- a/package/pkg-utils.mk
+++ b/package/pkg-utils.mk
@@ -120,17 +120,17 @@ define _json-info-pkg
 		"install_images": $(call yesno-to-bool,$($(1)_INSTALL_IMAGES))$(comma) \
 	)
 	"dependencies": [
-		$(call make-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_FINAL_ALL_DEPENDENCIES)))
+		$(call make-dq-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_FINAL_ALL_DEPENDENCIES)))
 	],
 	"reverse_dependencies": [
-		$(call make-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_RDEPENDENCIES)))
+		$(call make-dq-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_RDEPENDENCIES)))
 	]
 	$(if $($(1)_CPE_ID_VALID), \
 		$(comma) "cpe-id": "$($(1)_CPE_ID)" \
 	)
 	$(if $($(1)_IGNORE_CVES),
 		$(comma) "ignore_cves": [
-			$(call make-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_IGNORE_CVES)))
+			$(call make-dq-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_IGNORE_CVES)))
 		]
 	)
 endef
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ define _json-info-pkg-details
 		{
 			"source": "$(notdir $(dl))",
 			"uris": [
-				$(call make-comma-list,
+				$(call make-dq-comma-list,
 					$(subst \|,|,
 						$(call DOWNLOAD_URIS,$(dl),$(1))
 					)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ define _json-info-fs
 				null \
 			),
 	"dependencies": [
-		$(call make-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_DEPENDENCIES)))
+		$(call make-dq-comma-list,$(sort $($(1)_DEPENDENCIES)))
 	]
 endef
 
diff --git a/support/misc/utils.mk b/support/misc/utils.mk
index dc60cad979..fdc22a2eef 100644
--- a/support/misc/utils.mk
+++ b/support/misc/utils.mk
@@ -84,13 +84,17 @@ finddirclauses = $(call notfirstword,$(patsubst %,-o -path '$(1)/%',$(2)))
 # notfirstword(wordlist): returns all but the first word in wordlist
 notfirstword = $(wordlist 2,$(words $(1)),$(1))
 
-# build a comma-separated list of quoted items, from a space-separated
-# list of unquoted items:   a b c d  -->  "a", "b", "c", "d"
-make-comma-list = $(subst $(space),$(comma)$(space),$(patsubst %,"%",$(strip $(1))))
+# build a comma-separated list of items, from a space-separated
+# list of items:   a b c d  -->  a, b, c, d
+make-comma-list = $(subst $(space),$(comma)$(space),$(strip $(1)))
 
-# build a comma-separated list of single quoted items, from a space-separated
+# build a comma-separated list of double-quoted items, from a space-separated
+# list of unquoted items:   a b c d  -->  "a", "b", "c", "d"
+make-dq-comma-list = $(call make-comma-list,$(patsubst %,"%",$(strip $(1))))
+
+# build a comma-separated list of single-quoted items, from a space-separated
 # list of unquoted items:   a b c d  -->  'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'
-make-sq-comma-list = $(subst $(space),$(comma)$(space),$(patsubst %,'%',$(strip $(1))))
+make-sq-comma-list = $(call make-comma-list,$(patsubst %,'%',$(strip $(1))))
 
 # Needed for the foreach loops to loop over the list of hooks, so that
 # each hook call is properly separated by a newline.