diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 81abe7c1d..d2fc7cf20 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if (localProperties != null) {
     if (androidComponentsLocalPath != null) {
         log("Enabling automatic publication of android-components from: $androidComponentsLocalPath")
         log("Determining if android-components are up-to-date...")
-        def compileAcCmd = ["${androidComponentsLocalPath}/gradlew", "compileReleaseKotlin"]
+        def compileAcCmd = ["./gradlew", "compileReleaseKotlin"]
         def compileOutput = runCmd(compileAcCmd, androidComponentsLocalPath, "Compiled android-components.")
         // This is somewhat brittle: parse last line of gradle output, to fish out how many tasks were executed.
         // One executed task means gradle didn't do any work other than executing the top-level 'compile' task.