diff --git a/bin/install_travis.sh b/bin/install_travis.sh
index 8176202d..572bb0d2 100644
--- a/bin/install_travis.sh
+++ b/bin/install_travis.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # symengine's bin/install_travis.sh will install miniconda
 
-export conda_pkgs="python=${PYTHON_VERSION} pip 'cython>=0.29.24' pytest gmp mpfr"
+export conda_pkgs="python=${PYTHON_VERSION} pip pytest gmp mpfr"
 
 if [[ "${WITH_NUMPY}" != "no" ]]; then
     export conda_pkgs="${conda_pkgs} numpy";
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if [[ "${WITH_SAGE}" == "yes" ]]; then
     export conda_pkgs="${conda_pkgs} sage=8.1";
 fi
 
-conda install -q ${conda_pkgs}
+conda install -q ${conda_pkgs} "cython>=0.29.24"
 
 if [[ "${WITH_SYMPY}" != "no" ]]; then
     pip install sympy;
diff --git a/cmake/FindPython.cmake b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
index 2f54f509..df8bfdc1 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPython.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPython.cmake
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ macro(ADD_PYTHON_LIBRARY name)
         configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version_script.txt
             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version_script_${name}.txt @ONLY)
         set_property(TARGET ${name} APPEND_STRING PROPERTY
-            LINK_FLAGS " -Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version_script_${name}.txt")
+            LINK_FLAGS " \"-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version_script_${name}.txt\"")
     ELSE()
         add_library(${name} SHARED ${ARGN})
     ENDIF()