diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/CygwinService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/CygwinService.cs
index bb393519c0..2b20a8bc6a 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/CygwinService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/CygwinService.cs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> install_run(ChocolateyConfigu
             var args = build_args(config, _installArguments);
             var packageResults = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
-            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] {' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] { ApplicationParameters.PackageNamesSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 var argsForPackage = args.Replace(PACKAGE_NAME_TOKEN, packageToInstall);
 
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/RubyGemsService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/RubyGemsService.cs
index c2bf31b382..7f07c1008d 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/RubyGemsService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/RubyGemsService.cs
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> install_run(ChocolateyConfigu
             var packageResults = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
             var args = ExternalCommandArgsBuilder.build_arguments(config, _installArguments);
 
-            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] {' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] { ApplicationParameters.PackageNamesSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 var argsForPackage = args.Replace(PACKAGE_NAME_TOKEN, packageToInstall);
                 var exitCode = _commandExecutor.execute(
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WebPiService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WebPiService.cs
index a04e2f027d..61b56f341f 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WebPiService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WebPiService.cs
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> install_run(ChocolateyConfigu
             var packageResults = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
             var args = ExternalCommandArgsBuilder.build_arguments(config, _installArguments);
 
-            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] {' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] { ApplicationParameters.PackageNamesSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 var argsForPackage = args.Replace(PACKAGE_NAME_TOKEN, packageToInstall);
                 var exitCode = _commandExecutor.execute(
diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WindowsFeatureService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WindowsFeatureService.cs
index 46b18cafef..6e5b79f679 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WindowsFeatureService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/WindowsFeatureService.cs
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> install_run(ChocolateyConfigu
             var args = build_args(config, _installArguments);
             var packageResults = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
-            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] {' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] { ApplicationParameters.PackageNamesSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 var packageName = packageToInstall;
                 var results = packageResults.GetOrAdd(packageToInstall, new PackageResult(packageName, null, null));
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult> uninstall_run(ChocolateyConfi
             var args = build_args(config, _uninstallArguments);
             var packageResults = new ConcurrentDictionary<string, PackageResult>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
-            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] {' '}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
+            foreach (var packageToInstall in config.PackageNames.Split(new[] { ApplicationParameters.PackageNamesSeparator }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries))
             {
                 var packageName = packageToInstall;
                 var results = packageResults.GetOrAdd(packageToInstall, new PackageResult(packageName, null, null));