diff --git a/buildSrc/settings.gradle b/buildSrc/settings.gradle
index e9c3380a68d..b1c9621170f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/settings.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/settings.gradle
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class LocalBuildPropertiesProvider {
     }
     
     Boolean getBoolean(String name) {
-        return Boolean.parseBoolean(getString(name))
+        return Boolean.parseBoolean(getString(name).trim())
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/buildProperties.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/buildProperties.kt
index 456ab66d799..8a4ca06d73b 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/buildProperties.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/buildProperties.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class KotlinBuildProperties(
     private operator fun get(key: String): Any? = localProperties.getProperty(key) ?: propertiesProvider.getProperty(key)
 
     private fun getBoolean(key: String, default: Boolean = false): Boolean =
-        (this[key]?.toString()?.toBoolean() ?: default) == true
+        this[key]?.toString()?.trim()?.toBoolean() ?: default
 
     val isJpsBuildEnabled: Boolean = getBoolean("jpsBuild")