diff --git a/tools/package-tools/version-placeholders.ts b/tools/package-tools/version-placeholders.ts
index 7af4c61dd06..c0853017932 100644
--- a/tools/package-tools/version-placeholders.ts
+++ b/tools/package-tools/version-placeholders.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ function buildPlaceholderFindCommand(packageDir: string) {
   if (platform() === 'win32') {
     return {
       binary: 'findstr',
-      args: ['/msi', `"${ngVersionPlaceholderText} ${versionPlaceholderText}"`, `${packageDir}\\*`]
+      args: ['/msi', `${ngVersionPlaceholderText} ${versionPlaceholderText}`, `${packageDir}\\*`]
     };
   } else {
     return {
       binary: 'grep',
-      args: ['-ril', `"${ngVersionPlaceholderText}\\|${versionPlaceholderText}"`, packageDir]
+      args: ['-ril', `${ngVersionPlaceholderText}\\|${versionPlaceholderText}`, packageDir]
     };
   }
 }