diff --git a/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
index 47bb6aac0a..9372437ee2 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/AndroidPlatform.hx
@@ -490,9 +490,8 @@ class AndroidPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 			context.ANDROID_BUILD_TOOLS_VERSION = AndroidHelper.getBuildToolsVersion(project);
 		}
 
-		var escaped = ~/([ #!=\\:])/g;
-		context.ANDROID_SDK_ESCAPED = escaped.replace(context.ENV_ANDROID_SDK, "\\$1");
-		context.ANDROID_NDK_ROOT_ESCAPED = escaped.replace(context.ENV_ANDROID_NDK_ROOT, "\\$1");
+		context.ANDROID_SDK_ESCAPED = StringTools.replace(context.ENV_ANDROID_SDK, "\\", "\\\\");
+		context.ANDROID_NDK_ROOT_ESCAPED = StringTools.replace(context.ENV_ANDROID_NDK_ROOT, "\\", "\\\\");
 
 		if (Reflect.hasField(context, "KEY_STORE")) context.KEY_STORE = StringTools.replace(context.KEY_STORE, "\\", "\\\\");
 		if (Reflect.hasField(context, "KEY_STORE_ALIAS")) context.KEY_STORE_ALIAS = StringTools.replace(context.KEY_STORE_ALIAS, "\\", "\\\\");