diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/Common/Sorting/MergeSortCore.cs b/src/coreclr/tools/Common/Sorting/MergeSortCore.cs
index b69e733d3aa70..5b054eedb0157 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/Common/Sorting/MergeSortCore.cs
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/Common/Sorting/MergeSortCore.cs
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ private static async Task ParallelSort(TDataStructure arrayToSort, int index, in
 
                 T[] localCopyOfHalfOfArray = new T[halfLen];
                 accessor.Copy(arrayToSort, index, localCopyOfHalfOfArray, 0, halfLen);
-                await MergeSortCore<T, T[], ArrayAccessor<T>, TComparer, TCompareAsEqualAction>.ParallelSort(localCopyOfHalfOfArray, 0, halfLen, comparer).ConfigureAwait(true);
-                await rightSortTask.ConfigureAwait(true);
+                await MergeSortCore<T, T[], ArrayAccessor<T>, TComparer, TCompareAsEqualAction>.ParallelSort(localCopyOfHalfOfArray, 0, halfLen, comparer).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                await rightSortTask.ConfigureAwait(false);
                 Merge(localCopyOfHalfOfArray, arrayToSort, index, halfLen, length, comparer);
             }
         }