diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/executables/ditto.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/executables/ditto.dart
index 5fdc165fd..7597cf1d1 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/executables/ditto.dart
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/lib/src/executables/ditto.dart
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Ditto {
     required String source,
     required String destination,
   }) async {
-    final result = await _exec(['-x', '-k', '"$source"', '"$destination"']);
+    final result = await _exec(['-x', '-k', source, destination]);
     if (result.exitCode != 0) {
       throw Exception('Failed to extract: ${result.stderr}');
     }
diff --git a/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/executables/ditto_test.dart b/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/executables/ditto_test.dart
index cf69c4824..cfb59b39e 100644
--- a/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/executables/ditto_test.dart
+++ b/packages/shorebird_cli/test/src/executables/ditto_test.dart
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ void main() {
           verify(
             () => process.run(
               'ditto',
-              ['-x', '-k', '"$source"', '"$destination"'],
+              ['-x', '-k', source, destination],
             ),
           ).called(1);
         });
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ void main() {
           verify(
             () => process.run(
               'ditto',
-              ['-x', '-k', '"$source"', '"$destination"'],
+              ['-x', '-k', source, destination],
             ),
           ).called(1);
         });