diff --git a/src/app/Fake.DotNet.Cli/DotNet.fs b/src/app/Fake.DotNet.Cli/DotNet.fs
index 4224c5764d7..62e6a2c3eb2 100644
--- a/src/app/Fake.DotNet.Cli/DotNet.fs
+++ b/src/app/Fake.DotNet.Cli/DotNet.fs
@@ -69,10 +69,7 @@ module DotNet =
 
                 match sdk.Property("version") with
                 | null -> None
-                | version ->
-                    let versionValue = version.Value.ToString()
-                    let _ = Version.Parse(versionValue)
-                    Some versionValue
+                | version -> Some(version.Value.ToString())
             with exn ->
                 failwithf "Could not parse `sdk.version` from global.json at '%s': %s" globalJson.FullName exn.Message