diff --git a/src/Testing/src/xunit/SkipOnHelixAttribute.cs b/src/Testing/src/xunit/SkipOnHelixAttribute.cs
index 2c7b66f75a67..131303631637 100644
--- a/src/Testing/src/xunit/SkipOnHelixAttribute.cs
+++ b/src/Testing/src/xunit/SkipOnHelixAttribute.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ private bool ShouldSkip()
 
         // We have "QueueName" and "QueueName.Open" queues for internal and public builds
         // If we want to skip the test in the public queue, we want to skip it in the internal queue, and vice versa
-        return Queues.ToLowerInvariant().Split(';').Any(q => q.Equals(targetQueue, StringComparison.Ordinal) || q.StartsWith(targetQueue, StringComparison.Ordinal) || 
+        return Queues.ToLowerInvariant().Split([';'], StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries)
+            .Any(q => q.Equals(targetQueue, StringComparison.Ordinal) || q.StartsWith(targetQueue, StringComparison.Ordinal) || 
             targetQueue.StartsWith(q, StringComparison.Ordinal));
     }