diff --git a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
index 924dbd72a..05333241a 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
@@ -707,12 +707,6 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-SAM.ps1"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-CLI-SM.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
diff --git a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
index 826131781..cf10a9033 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
@@ -692,12 +692,6 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-SAM.ps1"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-CLI-SM.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-AWS.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-AWS.ps1
index d3b698586..212e359cb 100644
--- a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-AWS.ps1
+++ b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Install-AWS.ps1
@@ -20,3 +20,13 @@ $sessionManagerName = "SessionManagerPluginSetup.exe"
 $sessionManagerUrl = "https://s3.amazonaws.com/session-manager-downloads/plugin/latest/windows/$sessionManagerName"
 Install-Binary -Url $sessionManagerUrl -Name $sessionManagerName -ArgumentList ("/silent", "/install")
 Add-MachinePathItem -PathItem "C:\Program Files\Amazon\SessionManagerPlugin\bin"
+
+$sessionMessage = session-manager-plugin
+
+if ($sessionMessage -Match "*plugin was installed successfully*") {
+    Write-Host "$sessionMessage"
+    exit 0
+} else {
+    Write-Host "$sessionMessage"
+    exit 1
+}
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diff --git a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-CLI-SM.ps1 b/images/win/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-CLI-SM.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d9df4c5..000000000
--- a/images/win/scripts/Installers/Validate-AWS-CLI-SM.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-##  File:  Validate-AWS-CLI-SM.ps1
-##  Desc:  Validate aws cli session manager
-################################################################################
-
-$sessionMessage = session-manager-plugin
-
-if ($sessionMessage -Match "*plugin was installed successfully*") {
-    Write-Host "$sessionMessage"
-    exit 0
-} else {
-    Write-Host "$sessionMessage"
-    exit 1
-}
\ No newline at end of file