diff --git a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
index b4033529..df58ba84 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
@@ -296,12 +296,6 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-Bazel.ps1"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-SQLExpress.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
@@ -732,6 +726,12 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-Bazel.ps1"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "powershell",
+            "scripts":[
+                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-SQLExpress.ps1"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
diff --git a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
index 20711d80..7e7df234 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
@@ -582,12 +582,6 @@
             "type": "windows-restart",
             "restart_timeout": "10m"
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-SQLExpress.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
@@ -743,6 +737,12 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-MysqlCli.ps1"
             ]
         },
+        {
+            "type": "powershell",
+            "scripts":[
+                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-SQLExpress.ps1"
+            ]
+        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[