diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 7e051ae..88fb1fb 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ class DotnetCoreInstaller {
                 if (process.env['no_proxy'] != null) {
                     scriptArguments.push(`-ProxyBypassList ${process.env['no_proxy']}`);
                 }
-                scriptArguments.push('-InstallDir', `'${DotnetCoreInstaller.installationDirectoryWindows}'`);
+                scriptArguments.push('-InstallDir', `${DotnetCoreInstaller.installationDirectoryWindows}`);
                 // process.env must be explicitly passed in for DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR to be used
                 scriptPath =
                     (yield io.which('pwsh', false)) || (yield io.which('powershell', true));
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index 8b4ee38..b0c980c 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ export class DotnetCoreInstaller {
 
       scriptArguments.push(
         '-InstallDir',
-        `'${DotnetCoreInstaller.installationDirectoryWindows}'`
+        `${DotnetCoreInstaller.installationDirectoryWindows}`
       );
       // process.env must be explicitly passed in for DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR to be used
       scriptPath =