diff --git a/src/CommandLine/Commands/DownloadCommandBase.cs b/src/CommandLine/Commands/DownloadCommandBase.cs
index 80b5603d6..33afb7160 100644
--- a/src/CommandLine/Commands/DownloadCommandBase.cs
+++ b/src/CommandLine/Commands/DownloadCommandBase.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ protected void CalculateEffectivePackageSaveMode()
             EffectivePackageSaveMode = PackageSaveModes.None;
             if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(packageSaveModeValue))
             {
-                foreach (var v in packageSaveModeValue.Split(';'))
+                foreach (var v in packageSaveModeValue.Split(new[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
                 {
                     if (v.Equals(PackageSaveModes.Nupkg.ToString(), StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
                     {
diff --git a/src/CommandLine/Common/ResourceHelper.cs b/src/CommandLine/Common/ResourceHelper.cs
index c845053b3..47b278aac 100644
--- a/src/CommandLine/Common/ResourceHelper.cs
+++ b/src/CommandLine/Common/ResourceHelper.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static string GetLocalizedString(Type resourceType, string resourceNames)
             }
 
             var builder = new StringBuilder();
-            foreach (var resource in resourceNames.Split(';'))
+            foreach (var resource in resourceNames.Split(new[] { ';' }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 var culture = LocalizedResourceManager.GetLanguageName();
                 string value = resourceManager.GetString(resource + '_' + culture, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture) ??