diff --git a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs
index f5545b2f2..2f5e1e830 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Tests.Utilities/RepoDirectoriesProvider.cs
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Tools.Test.Utilities
             _builtDotnet = builtDotnet ?? Path.Combine(_artifacts, "intermediate", "sharedFrameworkPublish");
             _nugetPackages = nugetPackages ?? Path.Combine(RepoRoot, ".nuget", "packages");
             _pjDotnet = pjDotnet ?? GetPjDotnetPath();
-            _stage2Sdk = Directory.EnumerateDirectories(Path.Combine(_artifacts, "stage2", "sdk")).First();
+            _stage2Sdk = Directory
+                .EnumerateDirectories(Path.Combine(_artifacts, "stage2", "sdk"))
+                .First(d => !d.Contains("NuGetFallbackFolder"));
+
             _stage2WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimesDirectory =
                 Path.Combine(_artifacts, "stage2WithBackwardsCompatibleRuntimes");
             _testPackages = Path.Combine(RepoRoot, "artifacts", "testpackages", "packages");