diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj
index 8b1ceb53dbd8c8..823dab33c645c4 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/aot/ILCompiler/ILCompiler.csproj
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_CC_LDFLAGS" />
     </Exec>
 
-    <Exec Command="xcodebuild -version" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
+    <Exec Command="clang --version" Condition="'$(_IsApplePlatform)' == 'true'" IgnoreExitCode="true" StandardOutputImportance="Low" ConsoleToMSBuild="true">
       <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="_XcodeVersionStringExitCode" />
       <Output TaskParameter="ConsoleOutput" PropertyName="_XcodeVersionString" />
     </Exec>