diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b0ee1e9ac1f1e7ad372e0896be7d6e5065a71fd5..62a8d4f8484d75cd785406c67d2ebc1febd812e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ backports:
 	@sed -i $(BACKPORTS_BASE_FILE) -e '/TF_ROOT: $$TF_ROOT/d'
 
 	@# Remove empty variable blocks - yq doesn't preserve white spaces, thus the patching ...
-	@yq e 'del(.*.variables | select(length==0))' backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml | diff -Bw backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml - | patch backports/OpenTofu/Base.gitlab-ci.yml -
+	@yq e 'del(.*.variables | select(length==0))' $(BACKPORTS_BASE_FILE) | diff -Bw $(BACKPORTS_BASE_FILE) - | patch $(BACKPORTS_BASE_FILE) -
 
 	@echo "Generated $(BACKPORTS_BASE_FILE)"
diff --git a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
index c3be6789735ea79d310d652c6c7c6902387e8de8..08cf00763f02fc8bc11984f12b0606b25f181c45 100644
--- a/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/backports/OpenTofu/Base.latest.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ variables:
     key: "$TF_ROOT"
     paths:
       - $TF_ROOT/.terraform/
-  variables:
   image:
     name: '$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_REGISTRY_BASE/gitlab-opentofu:$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_VERSION-opentofu$OPENTOFU_VERSION'
   script:
@@ -82,7 +81,6 @@ variables:
     key: "$TF_ROOT"
     paths:
       - $TF_ROOT/.terraform/
-  variables:
   image:
     name: '$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_REGISTRY_BASE/gitlab-opentofu:$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_VERSION-opentofu$OPENTOFU_VERSION'
   script:
@@ -115,7 +113,6 @@ variables:
     key: "$TF_ROOT"
     paths:
       - $TF_ROOT/.terraform/
-  variables:
   image:
     name: '$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_REGISTRY_BASE/gitlab-opentofu:$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_VERSION-opentofu$OPENTOFU_VERSION'
   script:
@@ -136,7 +133,6 @@ variables:
     key: "$TF_ROOT"
     paths:
       - $TF_ROOT/.terraform/
-  variables:
   image:
     name: '$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_REGISTRY_BASE/gitlab-opentofu:$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_VERSION-opentofu$OPENTOFU_VERSION'
   script:
@@ -155,7 +151,6 @@ variables:
     key: "$TF_ROOT"
     paths:
       - $TF_ROOT/.terraform/
-  variables:
   image:
     name: '$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_IMAGE_REGISTRY_BASE/gitlab-opentofu:$GITLAB_OPENTOFU_VERSION-opentofu$OPENTOFU_VERSION'
   script: