diff --git a/images/windows/scripts/build/Configure-ImageDataFile.ps1 b/images/windows/scripts/build/Configure-ImageDataFile.ps1
index 9c014ef9..37a53770 100644
--- a/images/windows/scripts/build/Configure-ImageDataFile.ps1
+++ b/images/windows/scripts/build/Configure-ImageDataFile.ps1
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ $json = @"
 ]
 "@
 
-$json | Out-File -FilePath $imageDataFile
+$Utf8NoBomEncoding = New-Object System.Text.UTF8Encoding $False
+[System.IO.File]::WriteAllText($imageDataFile, $json, $Utf8NoBomEncoding)