diff --git a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
index a482ee4dd..08e1d3606 100644
--- a/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
+++ b/com.ibm.wala.dalvik.test/build.gradle
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ task unpackAndroidSdk(type: Sync, dependsOn: verifyAndroidSdk) {
 task installAndroidBuildTools(type: Exec, dependsOn: unpackAndroidSdk) {
 	def manager = "${unpackAndroidSdk.outputs.files[0]}/tools/bin/sdkmanager"
 	ext.version = '26.0.2'
-	commandLine 'sh', '-ceu', "yes | $manager build-tools\\;$version >/dev/null"
+	commandLine 'sh', '-ceu', "yes 2>/dev/null | $manager build-tools\\;$version >/dev/null"
 	inputs.dir "${unpackAndroidSdk.outputs.files[0]}/tools"
 	outputs.dir "${unpackAndroidSdk.outputs.files[0]}/build-tools"
 }