diff --git a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/RepositoryInfo.targets b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/RepositoryInfo.targets
index 65ecb7ee20c..e5c6b9b39e1 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/RepositoryInfo.targets
+++ b/src/Microsoft.DotNet.Arcade.Sdk/tools/RepositoryInfo.targets
@@ -67,13 +67,13 @@
     <PropertyGroup>
       <!-- Repositories mirrored on devdiv.visualstudio will have '-Trusted' added to their name and this needs to be stripped off before translation
            Eventually, all repos should move to dnceng/internal when possible. -->
-      <ScmRepositoryUrl Condition=" '%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)' != '' and '$([System.String]::Copy(%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)).Contains(`devdiv.visualstudio`))' == 'true' ">$([System.String]::Copy(%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)).ToLower().Replace(`-trusted`,``))</ScmRepositoryUrl>
+      <ScmRepositoryUrl Condition=" '$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault(`%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)`, ``).Contains(`devdiv.visualstudio`))' == 'true' ">$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault(`%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)`, ``).ToLower().Replace(`-trusted`,``))</ScmRepositoryUrl>
       <ScmRepositoryUrl>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace($(ScmRepositoryUrl), $(_TranslateUrlPattern), $(_TranslateUrlReplacement)))</ScmRepositoryUrl>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
       <SourceRoot Update="@(SourceRoot)">
-        <ScmRepositoryUrl Condition="$([System.String]::Copy(%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)).Contains(`devdiv.visualstudio`))">$([System.String]::Copy(%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)).ToLower().Replace(`-trusted`,``))</ScmRepositoryUrl>
+        <ScmRepositoryUrl Condition="$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault(`%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)`, ``).Contains(`devdiv.visualstudio`))">$([MSBuild]::ValueOrDefault(`%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl)`, ``).ToLower().Replace(`-trusted`,``))</ScmRepositoryUrl>
       </SourceRoot>
       <SourceRoot Update="@(SourceRoot)">
         <ScmRepositoryUrl>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Replace(%(SourceRoot.ScmRepositoryUrl), $(_TranslateUrlPattern), $(_TranslateUrlReplacement)))</ScmRepositoryUrl>