diff -Naur gentoo-vdr-scripts-2.5_rc2_orig/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdr.service gentoo-vdr-scripts-2.5_rc2/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdr.service
--- gentoo-vdr-scripts-2.5_rc2_orig/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdr.service	2014-10-18 21:38:49.000000000 +0200
+++ gentoo-vdr-scripts-2.5_rc2/usr/lib/systemd/system/vdr.service	2014-10-19 23:27:27.834587000 +0200
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # start VDR with our desired parameters, please disable the
 # internal watchdog by setting the timeout to 0
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/vdr "${VDR_OPTS}"
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/vdr "$VDR_OPTS"
 
 # execute addons/plugins scripts meant to be run afer starting
 ExecStartPost=/usr/share/vdr/systemd/vdr-systemd_helper.sh --start-post