diff --git a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
index f7753eb9a..805892e62 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2016-Azure.json
@@ -470,14 +470,6 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-MysqlCli.ps1"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "elevated_user": "SYSTEM",
-            "elevated_password": "",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-SQLExpress.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
@@ -739,12 +731,6 @@
                 "{{ 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 1698c5507..69b42f8d7 100644
--- a/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
+++ b/images/win/Windows2019-Azure.json
@@ -451,14 +451,6 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-MysqlCli.ps1"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "elevated_user": "SYSTEM",
-            "elevated_password": "",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Install-SQLExpress.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[
@@ -756,12 +748,6 @@
                 "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-MysqlCli.ps1"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "type": "powershell",
-            "scripts":[
-                "{{ template_dir }}/scripts/Installers/Validate-SQLExpress.ps1"
-            ]
-        },
         {
             "type": "powershell",
             "scripts":[