diff --git a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Common/DotNetCLI.cs b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Common/DotNetCLI.cs
index e020fc89e85..f33cc4d9c45 100644
--- a/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Common/DotNetCLI.cs
+++ b/src/Xamarin.Android.Build.Tasks/Tests/Xamarin.ProjectTools/Common/DotNetCLI.cs
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ List<string> GetDefaultCommandLineArgs (string verb, string target = null, strin
 				arguments.Add ($"/t:{target}");
 			}
 			if (Directory.Exists (AndroidSdkPath)) {
-				arguments.Add ($"/p:AndroidSdkDirectory=\"{AndroidSdkPath}\"");
+				arguments.Add ($"/p:AndroidSdkDirectory=\"{AndroidSdkPath.TrimEnd('\\')}\"");
 			}
 			if (Directory.Exists (JavaSdkPath)) {
-				arguments.Add ($"/p:JavaSdkDirectory=\"{JavaSdkPath}\"");
+				arguments.Add ($"/p:JavaSdkDirectory=\"{JavaSdkPath.TrimEnd ('\\')}\"");
 			}
 			if (parameters != null) {
 				foreach (var parameter in parameters) {