diff --git a/eng/native/build-commons.sh b/eng/native/build-commons.sh
index 31d8d8b663f5f..b976f5fdc6cf1 100755
--- a/eng/native/build-commons.sh
+++ b/eng/native/build-commons.sh
@@ -48,17 +48,9 @@ check_prereqs()
 {
     echo "Checking prerequisites..."
 
-    # Check presence of CMake on the path
-    command -v cmake 2>/dev/null || { echo >&2 "Please install cmake before running this script"; exit 1; }
-
-    function version { echo "$@" | awk -F. '{ printf("%d%02d%02d\n", $1,$2,$3); }'; }
-
-    local cmakeRequiredMinimumVersion="3.14.5"
-    local cmakeInstalledVersion="$(cmake --version | awk '/^cmake.* version [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/ {print $3}')"
-
-    if [[ "$(version "$cmakeInstalledVersion")" -lt "$(version "$cmakeRequiredMinimumVersion")" ]]; then
-        echo "Found cmake v$cmakeInstalledVersion in PATH. Please install v$cmakeRequiredMinimumVersion or newer from https://www.cmake.org/download/."
-        exit 1;
+    if ! cmake --help 2>&1 | grep -q \\-B; then
+        echo "Please install cmake v3.14.5 or newer from https://www.cmake.org/download/."
+        exit 1
     fi
 
     if [[ "$__HostOS" == "OSX" ]]; then