diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt
index 1b7e4c31291..1411fac09d9 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/tasks/CocoapodsTasks.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ open class PodspecTask : DefaultTask() {
             |            :shell_path => '/bin/sh',
             |            :script => <<-SCRIPT
             |                set -ev
-            |                REPO_ROOT=`realpath "${'$'}PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT"`
+            |                REPO_ROOT="${'$'}PODS_TARGET_SRCROOT"
             |                ${'$'}REPO_ROOT/gradlew -p "${'$'}REPO_ROOT" syncFramework \
             |                    -P${KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.TARGET_PROPERTY}=${'$'}KOTLIN_TARGET \
             |                    -P${KotlinCocoapodsPlugin.CONFIGURATION_PROPERTY}=${'$'}CONFIGURATION \