diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Env.cs b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Env.cs
index dc14b422d..fcd47711c 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Env.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils/Env.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
                 {
 
                     _executableExtensions = RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows)
-                        ? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT").Split(';').Select(e => e.ToLower())
+                        ? Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATHEXT")
+                            .Split(';')
+                            .Select(e => e.ToLower().Trim('"'))
                         : new [] { string.Empty };
                 }
 
@@ -35,7 +37,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.DotNet.Cli.Utils
                 {
                     var searchPaths = new List<string> {AppContext.BaseDirectory};
 
-                    searchPaths.AddRange(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH").Split(Path.PathSeparator));
+                    searchPaths.AddRange(Environment
+                        .GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH")
+                        .Split(Path.PathSeparator)
+                        .Select(p => p.Trim('"')));
 
                     _searchPaths = searchPaths;
                 }