diff --git a/scripts/internal/winmake.py b/scripts/internal/winmake.py
index cb039d02d..6978a7e61 100755
--- a/scripts/internal/winmake.py
+++ b/scripts/internal/winmake.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import errno
 import fnmatch
 import os
-import shlex
 import shutil
 import site
 import ssl
@@ -115,9 +114,7 @@ def win_colorprint(s, color=LIGHTBLUE):
 def sh(cmd, nolog=False):
     if not nolog:
         safe_print("cmd: " + cmd)
-    if isinstance(cmd, str):
-        cmd = shlex.split(cmd)
-    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, env=os.environ, cwd=os.getcwd())
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, env=os.environ, cwd=os.getcwd())  # noqa
     p.communicate()
     if p.returncode != 0:
         sys.exit(p.returncode)